Twitter hack: Suspected US teen mastermind pleads 'not guilty'

On August 4, Florida teen accused of being mastermind behind mid-July cyberattack that involved hacking verified VVIP account including former US President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Joe Biden among ors pleed ‘t guilty’. According to a news ncy report, Graham Clark, 17, is charged with 17 counts of communications fraud for plotting schemes to gain access into prominent US politicians and celebrities accounts. ditionally, Florida mastermind hacker is charged with 11 counts of fraudulent use of personal information and one count for fraudulent act for over $5,000, and unlawful access into electronic device.  

While hearing was conducted on August 4 via Zoom video conferencing in Tampa, Florida, Clark was ordered to remain in Hillsborough County Jail after he was arrested last week, according to US media reports. Furr, his bail has been set at $725,000, reports cited  court records. Hillsborough State Attorney's Office is reportedly prosecuting Clark as “ult”. or two accused are Mason Sheppard, 19, of Bogr Regis, UK, and Nima Fazeli, 22, of Orlando who is charged in California federal court in one of most high-profile security breaches in history.  

re is a false belief within criminal hacker community that attacks like Twitter hack can be perpetrated anymously and without consequence, AP quoted US Attorney David L Anderson for rrn District of California.

Today's charging anuncement demonstrates that elation of nefarious hacking into a secure environment for fun or profit will be short-lived, he ded.

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FBI and US Department of Justice, Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren have also been reportedly involved in trial of Florida teen. Warren’s office explained that it was prosecuting Clark in Florida state court as Florida law allowed mirs to be charged as ults in financial fraud cases, a news ncy report confirmed.  

This defendant lives here in Tampa, he committed crime here, and he'll be prosecuted here," Warren said, in a news ncy report. 

Hackers targeted 130 accounts

In an official statement on its website, Twitter said that hackers targeted 130 accounts and mand to roll a bitcoin scam from at least 45 accounts. Furr, cyber attackers access direct mess inbox of 36 and mand to downlo Twitter data from at least 7 VVIP accounts. In  security breach, scammers sent out tweets on July 15 from accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg, and several or tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Celebrities Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West’s accounts were also hacked. fraudulent tweets promised to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to a Bitcoin wallet dress.

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(With Inputs from AP)