22-year-old faces multiple charges in connection with attacks on accounts of politicians and celebrities
A 22-year-old
British citizen has been arrested in
Spain in connection with a July 2020
Twitter Hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile politicians and celebrities, the US
Justice Department said on Wednesday.
It named the British man as Joseph James O’Connor and said he faced multiple charges. He was also accused in a criminal complaint of computer intrusions related to takeovers of TikTok and Snapchat accounts, including one incident involving sextortion, as well as cyberstalking a 16-year-old juvenile.