Teen Twitter hacker Graham Ivan Clark pleaded guilty to the unprecedented attack on the bitcoin scheme last summer, which involved the acquisition of dozens of high-profile accounts on the social network, according to the paperwork filed in the Florida court on Tuesday. market. Clark, who was 17 when he was accused of leading the fraud, will spend three years in prison as part of his court settlement. THE Tampa Bay Times reported the news earlier today.
Clark has received credit for 229 days in prison since his arrest last summer. As part of the deal, Clark is also being convicted as a “juvenile offender”, which has reduced his jail time and also opens up the possibility that he could serve part of his sentence on a training ground, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Clark will also be banned from using computers without permission and without the supervision of legal authorities.
The hack took place on July 15, 2020 and quickly became one of the most worrying cybersecurity incidents in the history of Twitter, as accounts belonging to important users like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama and Joe Biden were quickly compromised succession to promoting a bitcoin fraud, Clark used to accept more than $ 100,000 in cryptocurrency.
How Clark got the hack, which he did alongside two other contributors he allegedly met on an online username selling forum called OGusers, was the subject of several reports detailing the group’s use of internal Twitter tools. These tools, which can be used to reset account email addresses, have allowed Clark and his collaborators to take control of the accounts and send tweets requesting bitcoin to the public.
Shortly after the hack, Clark was arrested at his home in Hillsborough, Florida. Clark’s partners, Nima Fazeli from Orlando and Mason Sheppard from the UK, were also charged with federal crimes.