Suspected US teen mastermind pleads not guilty to Twitter hack

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Many still in disbelief of what he was able to 'achieve'.

The 17-year-old Tampa, Florida resident pled not guilty before a state court, during a short hearing conducted via videoconference, according to the Tampa Bay Times newspaper. — ReutersThe suspected teenage mastermind of a huge Twitter hack pled not guilty Tuesday to allegations he hijacked celebrity accounts to swindle people out of more than US$100,000 in a cryptocurrency scheme.

Investigators viewed the 17-year-old as the mastermind behind the mid-July cyberattack that rocked Twitter. The hackers “targeted a small number of employees through a phone spear phishing attack”, according to a Twitter Support statement.

 

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