Teenager arrested for masterminding Twitter hack

Teenager arrested for masterminding Twitter hack

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A 17 year-old has been arrested in Tampa, Florida and is accused of being the lead actor behind the Twitter cryptocurrency hack.

Hillsborough, Florida has filed 30 felony charges against Graham Clark, in connection with the July 15 Twitter attack. That attack resulted in dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts, including Apple's, to post a scam asking for a Bitcoin deposit, that the post alleged would then be doubled.According to State Attorney Andrew Warren, the hack and messages resulted in over $100,000 in Bitcoin transferred to an account held by the teen.

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