New Delhi: A 24-year-old hacker behind the large July 2020 Twitter hack the place he together with others tried to take management of at the least 130 well-known Twitter accounts has been sentenced to federal jail within the US. Joseph James O’Connor attacked a number of superstar accounts together with US President Joe Biden, American socialite and mannequin Kim Kardashian and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
O’Connor was sentenced in a New York federal courtroom to 5 years in jail, after pleading responsible in May to his function in cyber stalking and pc hacking that focused a number of high-profile social media accounts. In the courtroom, he mentioned his crimes have been “stupid and pointless”, and apologised to his victims, studies TechCrunch.
O’Connor, identified by his on-line deal with PlugWalkJoe, was a part of a gaggle that broke into dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts, together with Apple, Binance, Bill Gates, Joe Biden and Elon Musk, to unfold cryptocurrency scams in July 2020.
He was extradited to the US from Spain in April this 12 months, the place he awaited trial for harassing, threatening, and extorting his victims.
O’Connor, in July 2020, wrote on Biden’s account: “All Bitcoin sent to the address below will be sent back double! If you send $1,000, I will send back $2,000. Only doing this for 30 minutes. Enjoy!”
Twitter then responded at the moment by deactivating all verified accounts and disabling the tweet function in an try to focus on the hackers. As a part of his responsible plea, O’Connor has agreed to pay restitution to the entire victims and forfeit simply over $7,94,000.
