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17-year-old Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:51 pm
Posted by jatilen
Member since May 2020
13608 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:51 pm
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A Tampa teenager is in jail, accused of being the “mastermind” behind a hack on the social media website Twitter that caused limited access to the site and high-profile accounts, according to jail records and the Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office.

8 On Your Side’s Ryan Hughes received exclusive information about the arrest of 17-year-old Graham Clark.

Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren filed 30 felony charges against the teen this week for “scamming people across America” in connection with the Twitter hack that happened on July 15. The charges he’s facing include one count of organized fraud, 17 counts of communications fraud, one count of fraudulent use of personal information with over $100,000 or 30 or more victims, 10 counts of fraudulent use of personal information and one count of access to computer or electronic device without authority.

Hillsborough County Jail records show Clark was booked into jail shortly after 6:30 a.m. Friday.

Warren’s office says the scheme to defraud “stole the identities of prominent people” and “posted messages in their names directing victims to send Bitcoin” to accounts that were associated with the Tampa teen. According to the state attorney, the scheme reaped more than $100,000 in Bitcoin in just one day.



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This post was edited on 7/31/20 at 1:53 pm
Posted by Labradog
USA
Member since Jul 2020
7 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:52 pm to
Twitter. If you aren't banned, you'll be hacked by a 17 year old.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56591 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:54 pm to
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the scheme reaped more than $100,000 in Bitcoin in just one day.



Holy shite, that enough people fell for that obvious scheme is incredible.
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
37044 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:54 pm to
bad look for Twitter
Posted by Rekrul
Member since Feb 2007
9359 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:55 pm to
Does he work as a cross guard or something? Road construction?
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
41201 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:55 pm to
DeSantis should pardon this guy just to stick it to big tech.
Posted by OchoDedos
Republic of Texas
Member since Oct 2014
39599 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:55 pm to
If the Government has any sense, this kid should be working for the NSA. Sending him to prison is a waste of an asset.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31359 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:56 pm to
Dude has his hacker face on in that shot
Posted by Ancient Astronaut
Member since May 2015
37197 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:56 pm to
Give that kid a scholarship
Posted by SippyCup
Gulf Coast
Member since Sep 2008
6885 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:59 pm to
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DeSantis should pardon this guy just to stick it to big tech.


Or just to possibly revamp their unemployment software.
Posted by Miner
Birmingport
Member since Nov 2017
1500 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 1:59 pm to
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Holy shite, that enough people fell for that obvious scheme is incredible.






Well, that is only 10 bitcoin.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31359 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 2:01 pm to
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Give that kid a scholarship



He’ll probably get some sort of job at those companies finding holes and weak spots.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56591 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 2:02 pm to
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Well, that is only 10 bitcoin.



quote:

Miner



You got a mining rig?
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
62039 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 2:02 pm to


He looks like a guy who would walk into a theater and shoot the place up!
This post was edited on 7/31/20 at 2:03 pm
Posted by olemissfan26
MS
Member since Apr 2012
6888 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 2:18 pm to
Kid was arrested and immediately given a job for NSA
Posted by BamaPig
Gulf Coast,Alabama
Member since Jan 2020
1314 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 2:32 pm to
quote:

Does he work as a cross guard or something? Road construction?


Looks more like Walmart

Posted by Miner
Birmingport
Member since Nov 2017
1500 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 2:34 pm to
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You got a mining rig?






No. I was a coal miner when I made my account here.
Posted by Rekrul
Member since Feb 2007
9359 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 2:36 pm to
Ahh shite, didn’t even think about a buggy guy
Posted by OchoDedos
Republic of Texas
Member since Oct 2014
39599 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 2:37 pm to
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He looks like a guy who would walk into a theater and shoot the place up!

That's the look of someone who has the world by the balls.
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
146778 posts
Posted on 7/31/20 at 2:37 pm to
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Kid was arrested and immediately given a job for NSA

for what he pulled off... he should definitely have a job waiting upon his release from jail in either big tech or the government

and that it worked to the tune of $100,000... just...

there are some stupid arse people in this world
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