Article 6BKZ9 Twitter hack: UK man pleads guilty to hijacking accounts including of Joe Biden and Elon Musk

Twitter hack: UK man pleads guilty to hijacking accounts including of Joe Biden and Elon Musk

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Abené Clayton and agencies
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Joseph James O'Connor was extradited from Spain to the US last month to face charges over the hack of a number of organisations and celebrities

A British man has pleaded guilty over his role in schemes to hack the Twitter accounts of celebrities including Joe Biden and Elon Musk, as well as stealing $794,000 in cryptocurrency.

Joseph James O'Connor, 23, entered his guilty plea in a New York court after being extradited from Spain on 26 April.

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