Twitter Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for $120,000 Crypto Scam | allinfosecnews.com

June 24, 2023, 3:18 p.m. | info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)

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A U.K. citizen who took part in the massive July 2020 hack of Twitter has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S.
Joseph James O'Connor (aka PlugwalkJoe), 24, was awarded the sentence on Friday in the Southern District of New York, a little over a month after he pleaded guilty to the criminal schemes. He was arrested in Spain in July 2021.
The infamous Twitter breach allowed the

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