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• @nathanielpopper Nathaniel Popper on x

  We've spent the last two days furiously excavating the history of the young man who was arrested on Friday and accused of being the mastermind behind the Twitter hack, w @kateconger and @Kellen_Browning. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @el33th4xor Emin Gün Sirer on x

  Fascinating story, of a young guy who veered off the rails. Can't help but think that Twitter's lax security also played a role here. Not excusing what this fellow did — he took over our @avalancheavax and almost derailed our token sale — but Twitter should have known better. htt…

• @jthalji Jamal Thalji on x

  The 17-year-old Tampa teen accused of masterminding the July 15 hack of @Twitter's most famous accounts had bail set today. It's $725,000. But his defense attorney says he has $3 million in Bitcoin. From @TB_Times reporter @ByJoshSolomon: https://www.tampabay.com/...

• @pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings on x

  Bitcoin bros: hooray bitcoins are anonymous and great for fraud, down with government Prosecutors: lol it took us less than six days to find the guy and execute a search after getting this guy's ID and address thanks mainly to bitcoin not being anonymous https://twitter.com/...

• @nytimes @nytimes on x

  Graham Clark, the 17-year-old who is accused of hacking Twitter, figured out how to run online scams at an early age. The teenage “mastermind” had a difficult family life and poured his energy into video games and cryptocurrency. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @nathanielpopper Nathaniel Popper on x

  He then moved onto the higher stakes world of Bitcoin crime, and we managed to tie him to hacks - known as Sim Swaps - that yielded well over $1 million. His Instagram showed the Rolex he bought. https://twitter.com/...

• @ayshardzn @ayshardzn on x

  At 10 in Minecraft, he became known as an adept scammer. At 15, he joined an online hackers' forum. At 16, he discovered the world of Bitcoin & was involved in a theft of $856,000 of Bitcoin. At 17, he hacked Twitter & stole more Bitcoin https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @kevincollier Kevin Collier on x

  There's something almost weirdly assuring about the teen accused of hacking Twitter. APT groups have become so entrenched in every type of online malfeasance it's easy to forget the dude hacking @JoeBiden may just be a high school-age Minecraft player. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @nathanielpopper Nathaniel Popper on x

  But his world came crashing down last Friday when police stormed his apartment just before 7am. Read the whole story. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @kimzetter Kim Zetter on x

  Strange. Profile of Twitter hacker Graham Clark suggests that 3 mos before hacking Twittr he was involved in theft of 164 bitcoins ($856,000) from Seattle investor; authorities recovered 100 bitcoins from Clark but didn't arrest him because he was a minor https://www.nytimes.com/…

• @cryptogodfatha @cryptogodfatha on x

  Instead of charging this 17-year old with 30 felony counts, Twitter should hire him as a security consultant. https://twitter.com/...

• @kateconger Kate Conger on x

  By 16, he seemed to get involved in Bitcoin scams. The Secret Service seized 100 btc from him in April. He told a friend he was scared straight, but weeks later, prosecutors say he started hacking Twitter: https://www.nytimes.com/...