Briton pleads guilty to Twitter hack that included Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk
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msn.comTwitter accounts, including those of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk, in one of the biggest hacks in social media history.
Joseph James O’Connor, also known as PlugwalkJoe, pleaded guilty in New York on Tuesday to his role in the July 2020 hacking, in addition to cyberstalking and multiple other schemes.
O’Connor was extradited from Spain on April 26 to face charges which carry a total maximum sentence of more than 70 years in prison.
According to the US Department of Justice, O’Connor was charged alongside compatriot Mason Sheppard of Bognor Regis, West Sussex, and two Americans, Graham Ivan Clark and Nima Fazeli.
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