Cybersecurity
Briton Admits to Twitter Hack That Hijacked Celebrity Accounts
- The 23-year-old pleads guilty to role in 2020 scheme
- O’Connor attempted to steal ‘large amounts’ of cryptocurrency
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A British man has admitted to his involvement in one of the most high-profile social media hacks, a plot that included the hijacking of top US political and business leaders’ Twitter accounts.
Joseph James O’Connor pleaded guilty in New York on Tuesday to hacking into the social network, a move that led to the impersonation of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and others to advertise a Bitcoin scheme.