{"id":203424,"date":"2020-08-02T14:52:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T13:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=203424"},"modified":"2020-08-02T14:52:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T13:52:20","slug":"massive-twitter-hack-2-teens-and-a-22-year-old-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=203424","title":{"rendered":"Massive Twitter hack: 2 teens and a 22-year-old arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p><em><strong>UPDATE: July 31, 2020, 12:45 p.m. PDT\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndca\/pr\/three-individuals-charged-alleged-roles-twitter-hack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced Friday<\/a> that it had charged three people for perpetrating the Twitter hack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A joint law enforcement investigation in which authorities &#8220;followed the money&#8221; allowed them to identify a 19-year-old in the U.K., a 22-year-old in Orlando, FL, and a minor it declined to identify who is under the custody of local Florida authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.K. hacker has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and the intentional access of a protected computer. The Orlando attacker seems to have played a more minor role; he was charged with &#8220;aiding and abetting the intentional access of a protected computer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ&#8217;s statement emphasized that, despite mysterious hacker personas, cyber crimes are not anonymous. It provided more insight into how it tracked down the people responsible. It &#8220;analyzed the blockchain and de-anonymized bitcoin transactions allowing for the identification of two different hackers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This case serves as a great example of how following the money, international collaboration, and public-private partnerships can work to successfully take down a perceived anonymous criminal enterprise,&#8221; Kelly R. Jackson, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge of the Washington D.C. Field Office, said. &#8220;Regardless of the illicit scheme, and whether the proceeds are virtual or tangible, IRS-CI will continue to follow the money and unravel complex financial transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vplayer\"><iframe allowautoplay=\"\" data-channel=\"Executive Office for United States Attorneys\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z80K3-q3Kqg\" data-template=\"embedded\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mashable previously reported the arrest of the minor involved. The original story is below.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Move over, <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/3344\/this-meme-highlights-some-of-the-absolutely-wild-news-storie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Man<\/a>. Florida Teen is here to do your dirty work.<\/p>\n<p>A 17-year-old in Tampa, Florida has reportedly been arrested for being the &#8220;mastermind&#8221; behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/11010\/elon-musk-barack-obama-joe-biden-accounts-push-crypto-scam-after-major-twitter-hack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 15 Twitter hack<\/a> that took over the profiles of Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and 42 other accounts in order to push a cryptocurrency scam.<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/news\/hillsborough-county\/tampa-teen-accused-of-being-mastermind-behind-twitter-hack-that-targeted-high-profile-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> from Florida&#8217;s local NBC news Channel 8, jail records and the Hillsborough State Attorney\u2019s Office show that authorities booked the teenager on &#8220;one count of organized fraud, 17 counts of communications fraud, one count of fraudulent use of personal information with over $100,000 or 30 or more victims, 10 counts of fraudulent use of personal information and one count of access to computer or electronic device without authority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Tampa teen arrested for July 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Twitter<\/a> hack that affected accounts belonging to people including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BarackObama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillGates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BillGates<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@elonmusk<\/a>.  Suspect is 17, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewWarrenFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AndrewWarrenFL<\/a>&#8216;s Office. Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nFuMkrLla6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/nFuMkrLla6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Hughes (@WFLARyan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WFLARyan\/status\/1289258997933998080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 31, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Local authorities collaborated with federal law enforcement to bring the not-yet-eligible-to-vote hacker in for what Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren described as &#8220;sophisticated and extensive fraud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This massive fraud was orchestrated right here in our backyard, and we will not stand for that,&#8221; Warren said.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear from the report whether the teen acted alone or with accomplices. However, an <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/11161\/twitter-reveals-exactly-how-bitcoin-scammers-hacked-elon-musks-kim-kardashians-accounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">update<\/a> on Twitter&#8217;s company blog this week referred to the perpetrators as &#8220;attackers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter said attackers used a &#8220;phone spear phishing&#8221; scheme to get employee credentials that enabled them to take over accounts. The hackers accessed 45 accounts, and netted over $100,000 in Bitcoin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kids these days!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/11171\/massive-twitter-hack-2-teens-and-a-22-year-old-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] UPDATE: July 31, 2020, 12:45 p.m. PDT\u00a0 The Department of Justice announced Friday that it had charged three people for perpetrating the Twitter hack.\u00a0 A joint law enforcement investigation in which authorities &#8220;followed the money&#8221; allowed them to identify a 19-year-old in the U.K., a 22-year-old in Orlando, FL, and a minor it declined &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203426,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203424\/revisions\/203426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/203425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}