O’Connor pleaded guilty to charges including conspiring to commit computer intrusions, to commit wire fraud and to commit money laundering.
including the 2020 hack of the social media site Twitter, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.The North Dakota case was transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.to commit wire fraud and to commit money laundering.
O’Connor, who was extradited to the U.S. on April 26, will also forfeit more than $794,000 and pay restitution to victims, prosecutors said.“O’Connor’s criminal activities were flagrant and malicious, and his conduct impacted multiple people’s lives. He harassed, threatened, and extorted his victims, causing substantial emotional harm,” Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite said in a statement.
Joseph James O’Connor is lead by Spanish police officers as he leaves a court after being arrested in connection with an alleged July 2020 Twitter hack in Estepona, Spain, on July 22, 2021.Prosecutors said the schemes included gaining unauthorized access to social media accounts on Twitter in July 2020 as well as a TikTok account in August 2020.
The 23-year-old, who faces a maximum of 77 years in prison, pleaded guilty to all of his charges including conspiring to commit computer intrusions, to commit wire fraud and to commit money laundering.The accounts of former President Barack Obama, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg and Kanye West were also hit.
The alleged hacker used the accounts to solicit digital currency, prompting Twitter to prevent some verified accounts from publishing messages for several hours until security could be restored.
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