Jailed British hacker who hijacked X accounts including Apple, Bill Gates, and Barack Obama—then used them for a ‘double your money’ Bitcoin scam—has to hand back $5.4 million in ill-gotten crypto gains
via bbc.co.uk
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A Brit who hacked multiple high-profile Twitter / X accounts in 2020, and who was extradited to the US and jailed in 2023, has now been ordered to hand over £4.1 million ($5.4 million) in ill-gotten crypto gains (thanks, BBC). Joseph O’Connor, now 26 years old, hijacked over 130 accounts, including those of Apple, Uber, […]