FILE - In this Wednesday Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, the Twitter logo appears on an updated phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Twitter says the hackers responsible for a recent high-profile breach used the phone to fool the social media company's employees into giving them access. The company revealed a few more details late Thursday, July 30, 2020 about the hack earlier this month, which it said targeted “a small number of employees through a phone spear phishing attack.
LONDON — A Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin, authorities said Friday.
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PurseIO does you have any link with that kid?
He should not go to jail, for someone that smart some sort of ethical rehabilitation would be far better. He could really make something of himself, he identified a critical vunerability in the Twitter systems. He will come out of jail same as he went in, a criminal. Shame.
HOW TF DID I NOT NOTICE
He’s going to get hired at a tech company so fast
Dont scam, dearie. Use your powers for good.
Maybe restrict cybercriminals from the internet
Well, that explains the $100k.
Give the kid a job-not prison time
Florida Man The Next Generation.
elonmusk running to hire that kid after he gets out like! 🤣
Ahem... pardon the interruption. A Florida teen was charged with financial fraud. Not hacking. Hacking is a state of mind and lifestyle. Please report the facts more accurately going forward. HackingIsNotACrime
Free the Gods.
Wow man
Hire him!
Look at that... the kid was smart enough to know that only seething Democrat freak zealots would be dumb enough to fall for such idiocy.
What are there races?!?!! Come on AP you are fcking shit up here
HaraldDoornbos Hacking seems like a big word when someone within the company literally gave them access to those accounts.
It’s interesting that when my bank account was still open I was able to access my WiFi network but now that it was deleted by the bank I can no longer access my WiFi network. EVIL crime money
WholeMarsBlog Florida teen just wanted some lunch money.
Hope he has a kill switch to release the emails he got access to.
dacosta_jani The first smartest thing coming out of Florida.
DHSgov Give this kid a job.
Impressive
Interesting.
Golden rule:never give your password because someone ask you, it must come from your exclusive&only initiative, even if it is your mother saying that the survival of the world depend on it! Everyone ask you your password should be only reported to the police! phishing twitter
Bitcoin is a scam itself
And Obama, Biden and Killery used the govermrnt to try to overturn the 2016 election. When will they be hit with felony charges for attempting a coup. The kid should get a metal and Obama Biden and Killary shoukd get his thirty felony charges.
wow A kids from floriDUH pulled this off? impressive.
17 years old, made bank and terrified the internet for a couple minutes. Amazing. This kid is going to have so many jobs lined up
Give this kid an InfoSec job.
Don't hack FBI will fuck you in the ass
aaaand, now he works for the govt
Bested by bunch of kids. Shows how secure is Twitter.
He just secured himself a job with the government in the defense sector. Nice work kid!
TinaMarie_80s 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, I bet the NSA will recruit him afterwards or a really big tech company will bail him out.
elonmusk hire this kid
JimLaPorta Ok now that we found ‘The ONE’’ put him to work for the state and give him the resources he needs. After he pays back all the bitcoins. 😂😂😂
Where there's a way there's always a scammer.
Yes, but was a mask being worn? Why are we not reporting the full story again?
Three people AP didn’t want to lead with “Florida Man”.
I once put a car key in an electrical outlet.
Parents will go bankrupt with all those legal fees trying to defend their son. What a good kid😀
he shouldve waited till he turned 20 so the article title would say florida man instead of florida teen
He needs to get“Life in Prison” for his actions, no more slaps on the wrist. These aholes will stop doing this crap If they know severe punishment is waiting for them.Tired of all these hackers causing damage to people and their privacy.I would prefer Execution to save money
DavidAmoyal Florida Man sat back for this one.
Hire that kid and put him in charge of election security.
How is it theft if they gave it to him?
Three suspects have been arrested after Twitter accounts of politicians, celebrities hacked as part of scam, federal prosecutors say.
susgurI I guess even Twitter employees are vulnerable to phishing!
Florida man, take notes.
Kids today
And I'm still trying to unlock my flip phone 🤦♂️
peterwade153 They had to be from Florida. Except that it's now a teen and not a man.
Of course he was from Florida
Should have stuck with Iguana hunting.
Bullshit.
Give that kid a job
Heeeellllooooo He will now be working for The FBI
This is like the opposite of Florida Man ...
hacks led to bogus tweets being sent out July 15 from the accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Celebrities Kanye West
Hahaha!
The Lord is still able to save a Generation
Hahaha. A damn teenager hacked a public trading company. WTAF does that tell you about twitter?
Well that's disturbing.. Experts said it could have only been someone within the company.
Florida strikes again. What a great state.
Hire him
I think he’s super smart & kind of a hero. Gen Z will change the world. For the better. Should have hacked the demon account saying “I’m resigning” 😂 Move away Zuck, the new gen is here. Here’s a new song for him by Weezer for him:
I do not believe. he was appointed 'guilty'
Me thinks the people who thought a billionaire needed for you to put up money so they could put up money are a big issue.
Kid will have a job waiting for him when he gets out with some cyber security company.
JonLemire Nearly every other country but ours and Brazil dealt with it. You Fucking Failed
acbrown1977 Get him a govt job rather than charge him. We want people like that on our side.
Florida!!!!
Damn kids!
free him he did nothing wrong
He will be working for the government and paid well.
If you believe a person could use a phone to GAIN ACCESS to internal management consoles... then i have land to sell you at the bottom of the ocean...
Yeah, but I have sympathy for those who rob from the rich who have been robbing from us for all these years!
After stealing employee credentials and getting into Twitter’s systems, the HACKERS were able to target other employees who had access to account support tools, the company said. Who are the other hackers?
So smart yet so dumb
Praxis! If you listen to these people for bitcoins, you don’t deserve money!
Who didnt do something crazy when they were 17? He's a KID!
Imagine how boring this country would be without Florida.
Damn! Can he get rid of student loans I’m asking for a friend...
And when I was a teen I thought chat rooms on AOL were cool. 2020 teens can do this.
This is America.
Sounds like a successful interview.
TheRyanParker These are the kids smart companies bail out of prison and hire.
Call me crazy but he’s one smart kid. I think he needs to rechannel his efforts
'hacking'
Florida Man
Florida Man keeping busy in 2020.
Let's out the dumb asses that fell for that scam, too.
He will definitely be hired by the FBI
Florida. Of course.
He did nothing wrong.
Pimp.
“Shall we play a game?”
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