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• @twittercomms @twittercomms on x

  We appreciate the swift actions of law enforcement in this investigation and will continue to cooperate as the case progresses. For our part, we are focused on being transparent and providing updates regularly. For the latest, see here 👇 https://twitter.com/...

• @lopp Jameson Lopp on x

  Definitely more of a script kiddie than a mastermind. Clearly doesn't understand how to secure his own bitcoin. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @beajammingh Bea Hughes on x

  Is it really “terrible OpSec” if you're 17? No, it's just what being 17 is like. It wasn't an “operation”, it was kids on a forum, there was no “security”. Stop using a word you think is cool because you saw a hacker use it once.

• @alfredwkng Alfred on x

  wow, the FBI used a stolen database of OGUsers from April to identify one of the people allegedly involved in the Twitter hack https://www.justice.gov/... https://twitter.com/...

• @verge @verge on x

  Breaking: Two more charged in Twitter hack, including a 19-year-old in UK and a 22-year-old in Orlando https://www.justice.gov/...

• @mathewi Mathew Ingram on x

  This kid is going to have his own Netflix special inside of six months https://twitter.com/...

• @zackwhittaker Zack Whittaker on x

  I think @brbarrett got the technical tl;dr down perfectly. I recommend the read: https://www.wired.com/... This all but confirms that the 17-year-old Florida kid was Kirk, the hacker who broke into Twitter's systems. The other two indicted? Caught themselves up in the mess.

• @pardesseleh Pardes Seleh on x

  Zoomers are by far the smartest generation, and nobody's taking advantage of them, and starting your own business is way too regulated these days So when they're bored they hack Bill Gates' Twitter and tell people to send them bitcoin That's how our smartest gen ends up in jail h…

• @brbarrett Brian Barrett on x

  How a trail of bitcoin transactions and IP addresses led investigators to the alleged Twitter hackers in just a couple of weeks https://www.wired.com/...

• @erikvoorhees Erik Voorhees on x

  The only tweet ever made by @Apple was the Twitter hack in which it asked for #Bitcoin 😜

• @equalityalec Alec Karakatsanis on x

  Twitter just “thanked law enforcement” for charging this 17-year-old child AS AN ADULT with 30 felony charges for hack of high-profile Twitter accounts. Large corporations love the punishment system in all its irrationality and cruelty. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @juiceboxca Jack Appleby on x

  Question: when these sort of major hacks happen, how often do the culprits get away with it? Certainly these kids had reason to believe they'd run off with their $100k in bitcoin or they wouldn't have done it. Do most hacks go unsolved? https://www.theverge.com/...

• @finplankaluaja1 Kalu Aja on x

  This kid is going to get so many job offers https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @kevinmitnick Kevin Mitnick on x

  Interesting: Twitter hacker is busted in Tampa, Florida today. I guess he was a bored 17 year old, not some Russian or Chinese hacker mastermind. https://www.tampabay.com/...

• @jerrysaltz Jerry Saltz on x

  Florida!!!!! Please secede. No one will stop you. Please. @TheRickWilson https://twitter.com/...

• @lrozen Laura Rozen on x

  security vulnerabilities in info provided by linkedin on targeted twitter employees revealed here, yikes https://arstechnica.com/...

• @realjuliasong Julia Song on x

  A TAMPA TEENAGER? No way https://twitter.com/...

• @briankrebs @briankrebs on x

  Tampa, Fla. teen arrested in connection with Twitter hack. The 17-year-old was described as the “mastermind” behind the July 15 attack that sent bitcoin scam tweets from Twitter accounts of celebrities, public figures, CEOs. https://www.wfla.com/...

• @askjillian Jillian Barberie on x

  A big tech company needs to hire him stat. @yashar https://twitter.com/...

• @amasad Amjad Masad on x

  Most kids that hack illegally grow up to be decent productive people in society. Their lives should not be totally ruined by it. https://www.wfla.com/...

• @themariefonseca @themariefonseca on x

  This kid doesn't belong in prison - he is a genius and he should be hired by twitter to help them with their obvious security issues https://twitter.com/...

• @pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings on x

  So TLDR: looks like the main Florida teen social-engineers Twitter employees over the phone to access their internal admin tools; tries to monetize it by “selling accounts” via OGusers and discord; the others bought accounts or acted as resellers.

• @mattblaze Matt Blaze on x

  At least two others (both federal grownups) being charged federally. (HT @TorEkelandPLLC) https://www.justice.gov/...

• @panzer Matthew Panzarino on x

  And now with covid they reeeeallly have nothing else to do. would not be surprised if 2020 was the year of the gen z jackers

• @panzer Matthew Panzarino on x

  teens “hack” a lot of things because they have a superpower: time.

• @ericgeller Eric Geller on x

  tfw you don't use Tor https://twitter.com/...

• @jimwaterson Jim Waterson on x

  Teenager from.... Bognor Regis.... among the three individual charged with the giant Twitter hack. https://www.justice.gov/...

• @dcuthbert Daniel Cuthbert on x

  This is the most exciting thing to come out of Bognor Regis in decades. https://www.justice.gov/...

• @mollyjongfast Molly Jong-Fast on x

  A Florida teen messed up my Twitter? https://twitter.com/...

• @kateconger Kate Conger on x

  A Florida teen is behind the Twitter hack, law enforcement says. He was on their radar before the hack — in April, the Secret Service seized $700K in Bitcoin from him. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  If a teenager can do this to Twitter, imagine what a state could do. Or is doing. https://twitter.com/...

• @alexstamos Alex Stamos on x

  I didn't even know it was legal to include legible screenshots in a criminal complaint. https://twitter.com/...

• @alexstamos Alex Stamos on x

  I would like to thank the US Attorney's office for the Northern District of California for disregarding the standard DOJ guidance to print, copy, fax and re-scan Word documents before posting them as 17MB unreadable greyscale PDFs. https://www.justice.gov/...

• @campuscodi Catalin Cimpanu on x

  BREAKING: US authorities arrest main suspect behind this month's Twitter hack - Suspect identified as Graham Ivan Clark, 17, from Hillsborough County, Florida -Arrested earlier this morning -Teen now faces 30 felony charges https://www.zdnet.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @emrekelly Emre Kelly on x

  Remember when folks claimed this was a “state level” hack? Never underestimate Florida kid. We'll upgrade him to Florida man someday. https://twitter.com/...

• @jkosseff Jeff Kosseff on x

  A 17 yo allegedly hacked one of the most influential platforms in the US and we have no national legal framework for cybersecurity. https://twitter.com/...

• @can @can on x

  If Twitter hacker is a 17 yo kid with a laptop who basically did nothing interesting, the likelihood that tons of people has hacked Twitter in some way or another seems pretty high https://twitter.com/...

• @fintechfrank Frank Chaparro on x

  Full report on the alleged 17-year old Twitter hacker: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/ ...

• @gsuberland Graham Sutherland on x

  Never underestimate the ingenious capabilities of a bored and inquisitive teenager with lots of time on their hands.

• @williamturton William Turton on x

  WFLA has a picture of a picture of 17 year old Graham Clark, arrested for his alleged role in the Twitter hack. 30 felony charges https://www.wfla.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @haileylennonbtc Hailey Lennon on x

  When the Twitter hack happened I asked what agencies would get involved The answer: FBI, IRS, US Secret Service and Florida law enforcement arrest and charge a 17-year-old in Tampa, Florida with over 30 felonies. Oof https://www.wfla.com/...

• @williamturton William Turton on x

  Source tells me Clark goes by online alias “$crim"and is a “notorious sim swapper.” His instagram account “@error” has been suspended https://www.wfla.com/...

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x

  30 felony charges filed against a 17 year old Tampa teenager accused of orchestrating the huge Twitter hack https://www.wfla.com/...

• @malwaretechblog @malwaretechblog on x

  Told ya it was kids. https://www.wfla.com/...

• @ericjackson Eric Jackson on x

  We got the War Games sequel right here https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  did the tech news cycle take meth today or what https://twitter.com/...

• @jarradkushner JadedKushner on x

  I'm too old to understand this stuff 😂 Twitter hackers complaints... >Mason Sheppard https://www.justice.gov/... >Nima Fazeli https://www.justice.gov/...

• @file411 @file411 on x

  Link to Mason Shepherd's July 23, 2020 Complaint https://justice.gov/...... link Nima Fazel July 31, 2020 Complaint https://justice.gov/...... the 3rd is a juvenile I'm refraining from using his name because it's a red line for me- whispers check FL laws on juvi charged as adult

• @zorasuleman Zora Suleman on x

  Three people including a 19y/o from Britain, have been charged in the US over a hack of high profile #Twitter users earlier this month.The US Department of Justice said Mason Sheppard, from Bognor Regis faces three charges. Masons criminal complaint form: https://www.justice.gov/…

• @mattzeitlin Matthew Zeitlin on x

  I don't like to get political on here but one isssue I have a strong opinion on is that government documents should be mandated to be as readable as possible, at least let us ctrl+f https://twitter.com/...

• @briankrebs @briankrebs on x

  DOJ says two more in addition to the 17-y/o from Tampa were arrested in connection with the Twitter hack. One of them — Mason/Chaewon, aka Mason Sheppard of the UK — was mentioned in both my stories on the July 15 incident. https://www.justice.gov/...

• @josephfcox Joseph Cox on x

  Charging document of 17 year old says use of verified accounts was use of “personal identification information.” Damn blue checks getting more privileges everyday smh https://twitter.com/...

• @anthony @anthony on x

  Justice Department announces 2 others have been charged as well: A 19-year-old in the United Kingdom and a 22-year-old from Orlando, Florida https://www.justice.gov/... https://twitter.com/...

• @josephfcox Joseph Cox on x

  Rolex, one of the people who also used moniker Awkward, active earlier today, according to OGUsers posts https://www.vice.com/...? https://twitter.com/...

• @charlesarthur Charles Arthur on x

  All kicking off, as they say. https://twitter.com/...

• @twittersupport @twittersupport on x

  We're sharing an update based on what we know today. We'll provide a more detailed report on what occurred at a later date given the ongoing law enforcement investigation and after we've completed work to further safeguard our service. https://blog.twitter.com/...

• @darla_crane Darla Crane on x

  If life is anything like the movies, this kid will serve a few years in jail and then, when he gets out, he'll be asked to join a crack team of elite robbers to pull the biggest heist of their lives. https://www.wsj.com/...