A Florida teenager has been charged with being the “mastermind” behind the massive Twitter hack that involved the accounts of Joe Biden and Bill Gates.
by the FBI and Department of Justice, according to the state attorney's office in Hillsborough County, Florida. He is facing 30 felony charges.
Clark"reaped over $100,000 in Bitcoin in just one day," Warren said."He's a 17-year-old kid who apparently just graduated high school, but make no mistake: this was not an ordinary 17-year-old. This was a highly sophisticated attack on a magnitude not seen before." Sheppard was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and the intentional access of a protected computer. Fazeli was charged with aiding and abetting the intentional access of a protected computer.
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