twitter hack
U.K. Cyber Thug “PlugwalkJoe” Gets 5 Years in Prison
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 ...
The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers
Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection ...
PlugwalkJoe Does the Perp Walk
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 ...
Twitter Hack—Old Dog, New Tricks
The recent Twitter breach involving Bitcoin transfer scams is not a new concept. SlashNext’s Threat Lab sees dozens of phishing sites each day because cybercriminals see it as an easy way to ...
US DOJ Charges Three Young Men for Alleged Roles in July Twitter Hack
Last week, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged three men for their alleged roles in one of the largest Twitter breaches in history, which led to the hijacking of 130 high-profile ...
Three Charged in July 15 Twitter Compromise
Three individuals have been charged for their alleged roles in the July 15 hack on Twitter, an incident that resulted in Twitter profiles for some of the world's most recognizable celebrities, executives ...
Twitter Releases New Details About Recent Hack of High-Profile Accounts
Social media giant Twitter is sharing updates coming out of the second day of investigations into this week’s hack of high-profile accounts by Bitcoin scammers. Avid readers will recall that Twitter recently ...
