UK man who hacked Barack Obama's Twitter account in 2020 ordered to pay $5.4 million in Bitcoi
A British hacker, Joseph James O’Connor, convicted of breaching high-profile Twitter accounts including Barack Obama's, has been ordered by UK authorities to repay over $5.4 million in Bitcoin. The Crown Prosecution Service secured a civil recovery order for 42 Bitcoin and other crypto assets linked to the scam, which involved stealing digital currency from followers.
A British hacker, Joseph James O’Connor, convicted of breaching high-profile Twitter accounts including Barack Obama's, has been ordered by UK authorities to repay over $5.4 million in Bitcoin. The Crown Prosecution Service secured a civil recovery order for 42 Bitcoin and other crypto assets linked to the scam, which involved stealing digital currency from followers.
