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Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

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Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

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Summary for Europeans who are blocked from this site:

A Tampa teenager, 17-year-old Graham Clark, is in jail, accused of being the “mastermind” behind a hack on the social media website Twitter that caused limited access to the site and high-profile accounts.

The state attorney's office says the scheme to defraud “stole the identities of prominent people” and “posted messages in their names directing victims to send Bitcoin” to accounts that were associated with the Tampa teen. According to the state attorney, the scheme reaped more than $100,000 in Bitcoin in just one day.

(The rest of the article just rehashes the attack.)

Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

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It will be interesting to learn more as the case proceeds. Was he not using tor?

I'm actually not super surprised that they've arrested a teenager. Considering the thoroughness of the hack, just using it to scam a few bitcoins seemed a bit blasé. Imagine the shitshow he could've started by tweeting as Trump

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