British Man Arrested in Connection With Last Year’s Massive Twitter Hack
Twenty-two-year-old Joseph O’Conner is the fourth person to be arrested in connection with the crypto phishing scheme
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Jul 21, 2021 at 5:37 p.m. UTC
Jul 21, 2021
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Twitter Hacker Will Serve 3 Years for Mass Crypto Phishing Scheme
Graham Ivan Clark will also serve three years of probation following the jail term.
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Mar 16, 2021 at 7:36 p.m. UTC
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Twitter Hires Noted Hacker as Head of Security Months After Bitcoin Scam
Twitter has hired Peiter Zatko, a prominent white-hat hacker going by the handle "Mudge," to help prevent future security breaches.
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Nov 17, 2020 at 8:36 a.m. UTC
Nov 17, 2020
New York Regulator Calls for More Social Media Oversight After Twitter Hack
NYDFS said cybersecurity must be treated as critical infrastructure by governments and corporations alike.
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Oct 14, 2020 at 3:19 p.m. UTC
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Twitter Tightens Security Ahead of US Presidential Election
Twitter is making a host of new security measures compulsory for accounts belonging to users considered influential in the upcoming election.
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Sep 18, 2020 at 11:35 a.m. UTC
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Hacker Hijacks Twitter Account of Indian Prime Minister's Relief Fund, Asks Followers for Crypto
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the latest victim of a Twitter hack undertaken to trick social media users into sending crypto to the attackers.
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Sep 3, 2020 at 3:44 a.m. UTC
Sep 3, 2020
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Twitter Hack May Have Involved Another Teenager: Report
According to a recent report, a 16-year-old was served with a search warrant by federal agents at his home on Tuesday.
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Sep 2, 2020 at 3:36 p.m. UTC
Sep 2, 2020
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17-Year-Old Pleads Not Guilty to Twitter Hack as Defense Tries to Lower Bail From $725K
The 17-year-old charged with being the mastermind behind July's Twitter hack has pleaded not guilty; the defense says bail posted is "grossly inappropriate" to the amount of m...
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Aug 5, 2020 at 5:36 p.m. UTC
Aug 5, 2020
Social Engineering: A Plague on Crypto and Twitter, Unlikely to Stop
The SIM swapping community entered the spotlight after helping the Twitter hacker breach the social media platform, but these threat actors have been going after the crypto co...
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Aug 5, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Aug 5, 2020
Twitter Hacker Owns $3.4M in Bitcoin, Court Sets Bail at $725K
Twitter hack alleged ringleader Graham Clark, the subject of a previous criminal investigation, had bail set at $725,000 at his first court appearance Saturday.
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Aug 3, 2020 at 9:45 a.m. UTC
Aug 3, 2020