Liverpool Hacker Who Targeted Obama, Musk and Kim Kardashian Ordered to Pay Back £4m of Bitcoin - Liverpool Echo

Liverpool hacker who targeted Obama, Musk and Kim Kardashian ordered to pay back £4m of Bitcoin - Liverpool Echo

'PlugwalkJoe' hijacked celebrity social media accounts and threatened to leak images and messages

British hacker must repay £4m after hijacking celebrity Twitter accounts

Joseph O'Connor, from Liverpool, hacked more than 130 accounts in July 2020 to promote a Bitcoin scam.

Joseph James O'Connor ordered to pay back over £4m in Bitcoin after hacking celebrity X accounts

The CPS said it had obtained a civil recovery order to seize 42 Bitcoin and other crypto assets linked to the scam, in which O'Connor used hijacked accounts to solicit digital currency and threaten celebrities.

British hacker who hijacked Twitter accounts must repay £4m

Many celebrities’ Twitter accounts were compromised during the high-profile hack