The compromised profiles started asking followers for Bitcoin payments.
A British citizen on Tuesday pleaded guilty to cyber crime offenses in New York over his involvement in one of the largest social media hacks in history and other schemes.
Joseph James O’Connor, 23, admitted being part of a hacking operation in July 2020 which saw over 130accounts compromised—including those belonging to celebrities like Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and Kanye West. O’Connor, who used the alias PlugwalkJoe, now faces a maximum sentence of 70 years in prison for his offenses, which also included stealing $794,000 from a New York cryptocurrency company.
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