Joseph James O’Connor

U.K. Cyber Thug “PlugwalkJoe” Gets 5 Years in Prison

U.K. Cyber Thug “PlugwalkJoe” Gets 5 Years in Prison

| | Graham Ivan Clarke, Joseph James O'Connor, Ne'er-Do-Well News, PlugWalkJoe, SIM swapping, twitter hack
Joseph James "PlugwalkJoe" O'Connor, a 24-year-old from the United Kingdom who earned his 15 minutes of fame by participating in the July 2020 hack of Twitter, has been sentenced to five years ...
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Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail

Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail

| | brickings, Disco Dog, Discoli, Joseph James O'Connor, Leonardo Sapiano, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Patrick McGovern-Allen, PlugWalkJoe, Rayhan Miah, Robert Lewis Barr, SIM swapping, swatting, The Coming Storm, Thomas Green, violence-as-a-service
Three men in the United Kingdom were arrested this month after police responding to an attempted break-in at a residence stopped their car as they fled the scene. The authorities found weapons ...
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PlugwalkJoe Does the Perp Walk

PlugwalkJoe Does the Perp Walk

| | Addison Rae, Bella Thorne, Joseph James O'Connor, Ne'er-Do-Well News, PlugWalkJoe, REACT Task Force, SIM swapping, Snapchat, swatting, TikTok, twitter hack, U.S. Justice Department
One day after last summer's mass-hack of Twitter, KrebsOnSecurity wrote that 22-year-old British citizen Joseph "PlugwalkJoe" O'Connor appeared to have been involved in the incident. When the Justice Department last week announced ...
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