Graham Ivan Clark: 17-year-old ‘mastermind,’ two other suspects behind Twitter bitcoin scam bbnaija2020 bbnaija2020lockdown
Three suspects were arrested and have been charged Friday for the “Bit-Coin” hack of high-profile Twitter accounts that occurred July 15, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of California.
The teenager was arrested Friday in Tampa, where the Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office will prosecute him as an adult.Mason Sheppard, 19, of Bognor Regis, U.K., and Nima Fazeli, 22, of Orlando, was charged in California federal court. “There is a false belief within the criminal hacker community that attacks like the Twitter hack can be perpetrated anonymously and without consequence,” U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson for the Northern District of California said in a news release.
Security experts were not surprised that the alleged mastermind of the hack is a 17-year-old, given the relative amateur nature both of the operation and the hackers’ willingness afterwards to discuss the hack with reporters online. “He definitely deserves to pay but potentially serving decades in prison doesn’t seem like justice in this case,” William said.
After stealing employee credentials and getting into Twitter’s systems, the hackers were able to target other employees who had access to account support tools, the company said.
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