Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

That's actually...pretty disappointing. I would have guessed into the 7 digits just based on how many Americans, and people in general, love a get-rich-quick-scheme.

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Post by maxton » Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 6:36 PM UTC

m90 wrote: post #2

Meta: this link is not accessible from within the EU.

You can probably read the article via the outline version: https://outline.com/https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-c...

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Post by macinjosh » Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 6:36 PM UTC

rapnie wrote: post #3

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Post by bluedevil2k » Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 6:36 PM UTC

totetsu wrote: post #4

Florida Man masterminds twitter attack.

Man = kid. He's only 17. I'm not a lawyer, but I thought it was illegal to put the names of minors in public for committing crimes.

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Post by gkoberger » Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 6:37 PM UTC

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.)

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Post by Rebelgecko » Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 6:38 PM UTC

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