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Briton arrested in Spain for hacking 130 prominent Twitter accounts

2021-07-21T15:20:26.446Z


A Briton was arrested in Spain on Wednesday July 21 at the request of the United States, which suspects him of having participated in the hacking of 130 ...


A Briton was arrested in Spain on Wednesday July 21 at the request of the United States, which suspects him of having participated in the hacking of 130 Twitter accounts of personalities in July 2020, announced the US Department of Justice.

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Joseph O'Connor, 22, was indicted by federal justice for his role in this spectacular attack, which had targeted in particular the accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk or Bill Gates, and for which three young Americans have already been prosecuted.

In addition to the Twitter attack on July 15, 2020, O'Connor is indicted for computer intrusions related to the takeover of TikTok and Snapchat accounts

”, as well as “

online harassment of a minor victim

” , specifies the ministry in a press release.

$ 100,000 scam

Last summer, the social network was the subject of a particularly troublesome attack, given the visibility of hacked accounts.

A message asking subscribers to send bitcoins to an internet address was displayed on the accounts of these celebrities.

According to the investigation, the scam would have allowed the hackers to pocket a total of $ 100,000.

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Twitter, whose image had been seriously damaged, explained that the cyberattack had targeted a handful of employees via a phishing operation by phone in order to obtain their credentials and access the hacked accounts.

Justice was quickly escalated to three young pirates: Graham Clark, an American then only 17 years old, Mason Sheppard, a 19 year old Briton, and Nima Fazeli, a 22 year old American.

After pleading guilty, the former, considered the mastermind of the attack, was sentenced in March to three years in prison.

Source: lefigaro

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