Suspect in Twitter hack of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, other leaders and tech companies …

A 22-year-old British man has been arrested in Spain at the request of the United States after the Justice Department filed multiple charges alleging he was involved in the hacking of several high-profile figures’ social media accounts last year, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The feds say Joseph O’Conner not only took part in the scheme that affected 130 Twitter users, he also took over victims’ TikTok and Snapchat accounts, according to a press release announcing his arrest.TWITTER BITCOIN HACK: LIST OF AFFECTED ACCOUNTS INCLUDES ELON MUSK, BILL GATESO’Conner faces 10 federal charges, including two counts each of cyberstalking, intentionally accessing a computer without authorization and obtaining information from a protected computer, and making extortive communications. The incident that occurred on July 15, 2020 involved a spear-phishing attack wherein hackers were able to break into Twitter’s internal systems and gain access to user accounts. In addition to business titans such as Bezos and Musk, scammers also hit politicians including former President Barack Obama and then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, along with company accounts for Apple, Coinbase and other firms linked to cryptocurrencies. The hackers sent out tweets from the compromised accounts, attempting to solicit the…
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