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Three charged with hacking Twitter accounts of Obama, Musk among others

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In a statement, Twitter said it appreciated the „swift actions of law enforcement.“
Two teenagers and a 22-year-old were charged with hacking the Twitter Inc accounts of famous people including former President Barack Obama, billionaire Bill Gates and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, the Department of Justice said on Friday. Mason Sheppard, a 19-year-old British man who went by the alias Chaewon, was charged with carrying out the hack, as well as related wire fraud and money laundering crimes, according to a Justice Department statement. Orlando-based Nima Fazeli,22, nicknamed Rolex, was charged with aiding and abetting those crimes.

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