Prosecutors say the hackers were able to net over $100,000 before Twitter regained control of 130-plus hacked accounts -- which included the verified accounts belonging to Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
A 22-year-old U.K. citizen was arrested in Spain on Tuesday for his alleged role in a giant hack of Twitter last year that briefly took over the accounts of high-profile people including Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
The brazen hack struck last July 15, when a network of hackers allegedly took control of dozens of accounts for celebrities, politicians and companies such as Apple AAPL, -0.51% and Uber UBER, +2.59% began tweeting out odd messages soliciting bitcoin payments. Prosecutors say the hackers were able to net over $100,000 before Twitter TWTR, +2.36% was able to regain control of the accounts.
Prosecutors say O’Connor was also charged with separate takeovers of accounts on TikTok and Snapchat as well as cyberstalking a juvenile victim.
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