Twitter Hackers Arrested! [Updated]

[piebeyb]

still not sure the kid is working alone, but what is the real motive that he did that really makes ugly bitcoin in everyone's eyes, actually I often see many youtube channels also hacked and once again they do live broadcasts to commit fraud, it's really a serious crime, but we realize also he still looks young there is still a lot he must learn in his life, so I think with that made him learn from this bad experience, I just saw this news here but did not find the hacker's face 

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[john_nautica]

Identity theft is serious crime and should be really punished by the law accordingly. I think this is one of the negative impacts of technology, people are having intentions to take advantage of other people with the use of things in this modern world. I believe that there are powerful individuals behind this crime, people who are much authoritative over these minors.

[Eureka_07]

Damn.
17 years old?!
I wonder how many hours does the kid spend in front of his computer to be able to think of "oh I wanna hack Bill Gates' twitter".

Only good news to this is that the culprit has been found, but finding out that teenagers would be able to do this big regardless of the country they reside at makes me think twice if I would even consider staying out of social media these days for my privacy's sake.

The kid was alone. Probably he get bumped on people who are experts on computer's securities, seen potential on the kid, thought him about more about this crimes, and use him to being the main suspect and hide the truth that there's also other people working with the kid.
Or maybe he has enough talents and intelligence to be able to do such thing.

[TopTort777]

Rather than sentencing him to jail, they will probably "hire" him in the FBI as a counter-hacking agent

I know only one person who committed crime (more serious than this crime) and currently working and roaming freely. He is Kevin Mitnick (just google search it ).

I know that this teenager committed a crime but I know that he can be helpful with the other high ranked organizations like CIA and FBI with his hacking skills. The only mistake that he did is that he used his skills in a negative way instead of being a white hat hacker.

Kevin committed crime in the year when "the Internet was young", it had weak security and people were naïve. Hacking was not so popular. What was one of his first crimes? He copied a software. What were his crimes ? Damaging security, computers. Security organization simply needed his knowledge and that is why he is "roaming freely".

What this Twitter hacker did ? Purposefully stole money. He knew what he was doing from very first click. He knew the consequences he might get and still he did it.

CIA and FBI a full of specialists like this twitter hacker. With flawless reputation. Why would they need a criminal in their team? He would be a "sleeping wolf among sheep" or a "bomb with a timer".

[pawanjain]

I have heard quite a few times that in such cases where big companies get hacked they find the hacker and when he is about to go to jail the company hires them as their cybersecurity employee. What do you guys think ? Will these guys get a job at Twitter too ? 

[sunsilk]

I have heard quite a few times that in such cases where big companies get hacked they find the hacker and when he is about to go to jail the company hires them as their cybersecurity employee. What do you guys think ? Will these guys get a job at Twitter too ?  

I'm also thinking of this. If Twitter won't hire them and no one will bail them, there's a chance that they will work on Pentagon or any US department or might be the secret service. That's also based from those news that I have heard in the past.

If that's just a conspiracy, well it made me believed a lot all of my life since when I was a teenager. But if those things were for real, they will have a chance to correct what they've done.

Otherwise, they have to pay the damages that they have brought.

[jostorres]

Lol Justin Sun promised to give $1 million to anyone that’s going to find the Twitter hackers, so now that the people behind has been caught by the FBI, IRS and other agencies have got the boy, is he going to give the money to them? Because someone mentioned this the last time, that what if the Twitter hackers are caught by the FBI? So I guess he’s going to give an excuse with that and won’t be giving any money to anyone lol.

To be honest, I was surprised to find out that Twitter hackers turned out to only 3 teenagers. This is totally unexpected,
I imagine the culprit is some professional hackers.

Yea, sure I was also surprised when I saw the first news that a seventeen years old kid was arrested because of the Twitter hacks. I was once discussing the Twitter hack with my friend when it happened earlier, and he said that the hackers must be some professional hackers that has been hacking for years and has some super computers lol. And now look at what it turned out to be.... Kids!

[Artemis3]

Damn dude.

This kid is going to get one hefty sentence. This is identity theft of an extremely serious degree, and could even be considered an act of terrorism considering he exfilitrated the personal data of presidents, ex presidents and members of congress.

There is a 100% chance that they are going to make an example of this kid, I'm expecting 5-10 years in prison at the very least.

I guess the $1 million bounty Justin Sun put on his head was enough to send people on an epic man(boy?)hunt.

Let's see if he can social engineer his way out of jail.

These millennials, how could they be so stupid? This kind of thing, you cannot absolutely go against your own country, even with the infamous "7 proxy" whatever stupid media culture portrays.

If they were, i don't know Russians, Chinese, Iranians or North Koreans, places where America can't reach, i would get it. But Americans against Americans?; well what can i say. Just breaching an American company server is bad enough, lets ignore the many affected individuals all right and powerful enough to permanently ruin this kid's life... Its suicidal, i don't think the common black hat is dumb enough for this.

And on top of that there was that juicy bounty, which would lure the others. Yup, not gonna end good. Lets see how many more are involved, so in the end it was a bunch of kids for the lulz. Unless they recruit him or something, which i bet some of them dream of, but i doubt it its not that stage in history anymore. The State has plenty of skilled employees already, even the military, for "cyber" operations. Those romantic days of "do a great hack and get hired" are long gone.

5 to 10 years really sounds small for America. Unless he does a lot of negotiation giving names, etc. I remember how Manning got busted for trusting Lamo who in turn was another idiot turned informant...

If they did this against China, Wechat, TikTok whatever, they would probably be getting a medal in the Whitehouse instead (and recruitment probably)

[Gotumoot]

This is really shocking I wasn't expecting that the person behind the biggest Twitter hacking event was just a 17 years old kid.
In an early age he already throw away his future but I guess it would depend if the government decides to use his skill and make some deal out of it.
But to be honest it is really scary how this 17 year old make it happen.

[DoublerHunter]

This is really shocking I wasn't expecting that the person behind the biggest Twitter hacking event was just a 17 years old kid.
In an early age he already throw away his future but I guess it would depend if the government decides to use his skill and make some deal out of it.
But to be honest it is really scary how this 17 year old make it happen.

^ Same here, but I have doubt that there are too many of them, and not that kid can't do this alone.
That kid has terrible skills in hacking if government will hire that kid to work with them and busted criminals activity which is very good deeds for cyber investigations, much better. Recently I watched the news on this youtube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1J5q_QOWpE, Isaw that guy hacker face and look like he is really scary. Nevertheless, those others hopefully will be caught as soon as possible.

[dunfida]

I have heard quite a few times that in such cases where big companies get hacked they find the hacker and when he is about to go to jail the company hires them as their cybersecurity employee. What do you guys think ? Will these guys get a job at Twitter too ?  

I'm also thinking of this. If Twitter won't hire them and no one will bail them, there's a chance that they will work on Pentagon or any US department or might be the secret service. That's also based from those news that I have heard in the past.

If that's just a conspiracy, well it made me believed a lot all of my life since when I was a teenager. But if those things were for real, they will have a chance to correct what they've done.

Otherwise, they have to pay the damages that they have brought.

If the perpetrators of such crimes have the potential to become or quickly become an employee, there will be concerns about other hackers who expect the job because there have been many incidents like this, instead of being punished or jailed but instead being employed without any prior punishment, if compared to immediately be hired or treated preferentially, I think it would be good to get a punishment first before being hired and not care about their age because it has to do with crime.

Its sad but this is indeed part of the reality where those hackers do able to breach out big companies will surely have the potential that would really be get hired.
What would you able to do if the government would make such decision? none right. They do see these individuals to be a good add up into their security system sector
thats why they dont waste up their talents and knowledge by just putting them up to jail but rather they do absorbed and make of those skills for further
enhancements when it comes to security aspects but i do agree into your point that crime should really be paid off first before anything else.

[Sadlife]

This is huge in terms of adoption because regulators will know that you can trace those scammers that use Bitcoin as scheme to manipulate and steal money from people through pyramid scheme's, and criminals cannot used it as there will be consequences.
Bitcoin cannot be used as a tool for money laundering, because the Blockchain is open to the public and its pseudonymous.

[Lorence.xD]

This is huge in terms of adoption because regulators will know that you can trace those scammers that use Bitcoin as scheme to manipulate and steal money from people through pyramid scheme's, and criminals cannot used it as there will be consequences.
Bitcoin cannot be used as a tool for money laundering, because the Blockchain is open to the public and its pseudonymous.

I hope that you are right about the impact that it has with regards to mass cryptocurrency adoption because this could either scare the people knowing that they could be a victim, or it will propel hackers to find new ways to get away from stealing cryptocurrency, I hope this also propel law enforcement agencies to further their grip in making sure that using cryptocurrency is safe from this hacks. Regarding the kid who was arrested for the hacks, I think if reformation was enforced instead of incarceration, the skills he have can be put to good use and not just to this kid, this also applies to other hackers who could be guided into straight path.

[Betwrong]

Damn dude.

This kid is going to get one hefty sentence.

I will not be surprised if he is going to be working under serious guide to unlock some other applications. The guy brain is too hot to be wasted just like that.

In my opinion you are absolutely right, but unfortunately it is very likely that he will be imprisoned for many years, which will make a real criminal from a misguided kid. Almost all of us make a lot of mistakes at a young age. Then most of us change our ways, and become normal people. It is very unfortunate to be thrown in jail before that. I pity this kid.

That serve a lesson to anyone think to hack any system or social media accounts, but this is totally a waste of talent if they will let this kids rot in jail since maybe the government can use their talents for certain activities. ~

That's exactly what I mean. Those kids weren't born criminals. I would throw in jail every song writer and film director who romanticized criminal activity first, because such kids are the product of their "art". In fact, I wouldn't throw in jail writers and film directors, because no one should go to jail for art, but, I mean, to make those kids rot in jail for the rest of their lives is even more wrong. They should be dishonored for their actions, but their talent must be used for the benefit of society, and no one can work effectively when in prison.

[Debonaire217]

That's exactly what I mean. Those kids weren't born criminals. I would throw in jail every song writer and film director who romanticized criminal activity first, because such kids are the product of their "art". In fact, I wouldn't throw in jail writers and film directors, because no one should go to jail for art, but, I mean, to make those kids rot in jail for the rest of their lives is even more wrong. They should be dishonored for their actions, but their talent must be used for the benefit of society, and no one can work effectively when in prison.

I have watch a youtube video concerning a hacker that gets arrested and putted to jail for almost 4 years behind bars, he is considered a million dollar hacker, and right now, he is doing a bug bounty job and it really pays allot with this kind of talent. I am not saying that most of us should pursue hacking, but with these kids with exceptional talents, they should first learn how to repent and change, because real money will come in legal ways.

[wack slacker]

Indeed, youth has not experienced life. That is the end of the act of belittling young Americans in the law. He broke into celebrity accounts and scammed people's money. Fortunately, he did not bring any false news about politics. Although he made some money, I think that money will never be used because it is monitored on blockchain technology.

[yayayo]

These kids are in a serious trouble but honestly at that age they managed to do such thing the hacking of some big personalities and scamming other people.
They needs to face his consequences for that, I've seen the address they posted and a lot of people really do send Bitcoins to the address.

ya.ya.yo!

[sunsilk]

I have heard quite a few times that in such cases where big companies get hacked they find the hacker and when he is about to go to jail the company hires them as their cybersecurity employee. What do you guys think ? Will these guys get a job at Twitter too ?  

I'm also thinking of this. If Twitter won't hire them and no one will bail them, there's a chance that they will work on Pentagon or any US department or might be the secret service. That's also based from those news that I have heard in the past.

If that's just a conspiracy, well it made me believed a lot all of my life since when I was a teenager. But if those things were for real, they will have a chance to correct what they've done.

Otherwise, they have to pay the damages that they have brought.

If the perpetrators of such crimes have the potential to become or quickly become an employee, there will be concerns about other hackers who expect the job because there have been many incidents like this, instead of being punished or jailed but instead being employed without any prior punishment, if compared to immediately be hired or treated preferentially, I think it would be good to get a punishment first before being hired and not care about their age because it has to do with crime.

But we will never know what will happen to them if there will be no reports by the media. If a company or if the government truly sees the potential on them, they will simply absorb them.

I'm expecting that if there will be no more updates and news about this issue, it's like that they'll let the issue die eventually and we will never know what happened to them. If they have been hired and employed.

[Agios]

The arrest of Graham Clark of the Twitter hacker, who posted a fake Bitcoin giveaway on the accounts of a famous figure, echoes the discourse that crypto asset transactions are easier to trace than in the normal money system (fiat money).
Chainalysis company, from the United States (US), for example, helps the US government to track Bitcoin obtained by Twitter hackers. Now cryptocurrency has been integrated with law enforcement measures in many countries, for example exchanges in partnership with the government so that Bitcoin transactions are more easily tracked, which are related to crime.

[MCobian]

This is the result of lack of parental supervision, so teenagers who hack Twitter use their skills for bad things.
Hopefully this is a lesson for other parents, in order to improve the way they educate their children and provide
supervision of children's activities and interactions. If it's not like the three teenagers who are finally caught
because they have hacked Twitter and used it to deceive many people.