A 17-year-old man who hacked one of the biggest hacks in Twitter history was sentenced to '3 years in prison'
At the time of hacking the Twitter accounts of large companies such as Apple and Uber, and many celebrities such as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and former President Barack Obama in July 202017 The court sentenced the old man to three years in prison and three years in custody. It is reported that the reason why the sentence is light compared to the scale of the crime is the consideration for the age of teenagers and the '
Tampa Twitter hacker agrees to three years in prison
https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2021/03/16/tampa-twitter-hacker-agrees-to-three-years-in-prison-in-plea-deal/
Teen'mastermind' behind the great Twitter hack sentenced to three years in prison --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/16/22334421/twitter-hacker-bitcoin-plea-deal-agreement-graham-ivan-clark-three-years
Teen hacker agrees to 3 years in prison for Twitter Bitcoin scam
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/teen-hacker-agrees-to-3-years-in-prison-for-twitter-bitcoin-scam/
In July 2020, that to post a tweet of a large number of Twitter account is hijacked by bit coin fraud incident occurred. A tweet impersonating a large company or a celebrity caused a great deal of damage, including the deception of Bitcoin worth a total of $ 117,000 (about 12.76 million yen) at the rate at that time. Investigators have arrested Graham Ivan Clark, who lives in Tampa, Florida, as the mastermind behind one of the biggest hacks in Twitter's history. Clark was 17 at the time.
A 17-year-old man is arrested and prosecuted for launching the biggest hacking attack in Twitter history --GIGAZINE
The prosecutor, who arrested Clark, filed Clark on charges of felony 30 cases and charged him in Florida court. The prosecution chose the state court because Florida has state law that allows the perpetrators of financial fraud cases to be judged as adults rather than minors.
Clark's trial, which began in this way, was a form in which Clark pleaded guilty to an online court on March 16, 2021 and waived his right to further trial after troubles such as loud pornography during an online hearing. It ended with.
The trial was settled about six months after Clark's indictment because Clark responded to a judicial transaction to 'lighten the sentence instead of pleading guilty.' As part of the deal, Clark was treated as a juvenile offender rather than an adult offender, reducing his imprisonment from a minimum of 10 years to 3 years. The three-year imprisonment will add up to 229 days in which Clark has been detained since his arrest. After release, you will also be subject to protective inspections for three years, which prohibit you from using your computer without the permission and supervision of law enforcement agencies.
Clark appears in a trial held at Zoom.
by Hillsborough State Attorney's Office
Florida Attorney Andrew Warren said in a statement, 'Clark hijacked a celebrity's Twitter account and stole money from a hard-working civilian. He should be liable for the crime and we Must make that known to the scammers in the world. ' 'We recognize that it is our goal to teach any child lessons as little as possible to destroy their future,' he said.
'The judicial transaction has handed over all the Bitcoins earned in the alleged crimes to law enforcement,' said Clark's lawyer, David Weissbrod.
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