US teen charged as 'mastermind' in epic Twitter hack

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News ID: 47209
Publish Date: 15:55 - 01 August 2020
Saturday, 01 August 2020_Prosecutors file 30 felony counts against a suspected 17-year-old "mastermind" of an epic Twitter hack, along with two others who allegedly helped hijack celebrity accounts to swindle people out of more than $100,000 in a cryptocurrency scheme.

US teen charged as 'mastermind' in epic Twitter hack"Make no mistake," says Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, "this was not an ordinary 17-year-old, this was a highly sophisticated attack on a magnitude not seen before. It could have been an extremely high amount of loss."

Source: AFP

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