Cybersecurity
Teen Accused in Twitter Hack Sees Hearing Hacked With Porn
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A bail hearing by Zoom for the 17-year-old accused of hacking some of the world’s highest-profile Twitter accounts last month offered some surprises when a lawyer revealed that the teenager was already under investigation last year -- and then the session was interrupted by participants showing porn.
Graham Ivan Clark’s lawyers were in the middle of asking a Florida judge to lower their client’s bail -- saying the $725,000 he’s required to post to get out of jail is disproportionate to the $117,000 he’s alleged to have reaped from the hack -- when the raunchy images were broadcast into Wednesday’s hearing, bringing it to an unceremonious end.