A 22-year-old British citizen was recently arrested in Spain for "hacking" the account of Apple, Obama or Biden, among others accounts of important companies, celebrities, politicians and others during the past year 2020.
He is charged with "hacking" more than 130 accounts of the popular social network Twitter And was persecuted by the United States Department of Justice. Once he managed to access the accounts, he made several tweets in which he announced a way to earn more money through bitcoins.
Arrest in Estepona, Malaga
The young man in the long sought by the United States Secret Service, United Kingdom law enforcement authorities and the National Police Corps, who managed to arrest the young man in Estepona, Malaga.
Above these lines we can see an image capture from last year in which the young man Joseph O'Connor, 22, aka "PlugWalkJoe", along with other people showed in official Apple accounts how to earn or double money through cryptocurrencies. But the attack of this young man does not remain solely on the social network Twitter, he is also accused of stealing TikTok and Snapchat accounts, as well as youth harassment.
O'Connor's role in the Twitter attack was previously announced by Krebs on Security, and in a 2020 interview published in The New York Times. O'Connor claimed that he was not involved in the hack and that they should seek evidence to incriminate him. 'They can come arrest me', 'I'd laugh at them. I have not done anything »said the young man in the interview. Graham Ivan Clark, is another 18-year-old who is considered primarily responsible for the attack and was sentenced to three years in prison earlier this year. Mason "Chaewon" Sheppard and Nima "Rolex" Fazeli of the UK have also been charged with the attack and face harsh prison terms.