Thee individuals: two from Florida and one based in the United Kingdom were charged Friday for their alleged roles in a wide scale hack of the Twitter social media site, the U. S. Department of Justice announced on Friday.
Thee individuals: two from Florida and one based in the United Kingdom were charged Friday for their alleged roles in a wide scale hack of the Twitter social media site, the U. S. Department of Justice announced on Friday. The announcement is the latest development following a security breach on July 15th and 16th that saw the accounts of some of Twitter’s biggest users, including former President Barack Obama, taken over and used to promote a cryptocurrency scam. Mason Sheppard (aka “Chaewon”) of Bognor Regis in the United Kingdom is 19 and was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the Northern District of California with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and the intentional access of a protected computer. (Read the criminal complaint here.) Nima Fazeli (aka “Rolex”) of Orlando, Florida is 22. He was charged in a criminal complaint with aiding and abetting the intentional access of a protected computer.
