The person who stole around $ 1 million in crypto money by hijacking important accounts on Twitter was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
British citizen, also known as PlugWalkJoe O’Connor900 thousand dollars in 2020 by taking over important accounts on Twitter. cryptocurrency theft due to doing 5 years in prison was sentenced.
O’Connor, in the hack attack that took place in July 2020, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Joe Biden And Kanye West as well as famous personalities such as apple And Uber It also took over the official Twitter accounts of big companies such as
By using these accounts, the attacker was able to hack Twitter users. By posting fake messages that encourage sending Bitcoin (BTC) managed to raise money.
Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Jed Rakoff, 900 thousand dollars of assets Stating that people suffered serious losses in this attack, he emphasized that the punishment was appropriate.
1 year after the attack in Spain O’Connor, who was arrested, has been on remand ever since. The hacker who served 28 months of his sentence during the court, will stay in for less than three years.