Twitter hackers pleads guilty and agree to a 3 year in prison

[Kemarit]

Crime is crime no matter who is involved. What the guy committed was a crime punishable by law and the has taken its course. It will serve as a deterrent to others hackers in the future. Knowing that no body is above the  law.

Nah, I doubt that it will served as a deterrent to other hackers, they will still continue, crypto involves a lot of money, and only a few have been caught like in this case. The only difference is that this is a high profile heist, that's why FBI was involved and this kid was caught. But if this is just a hack on some Defi, even resulting to millions, those hackers are going to be free up to this day and continue to look for their next target.

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[MCobian]

I forgot again how much money the hackers managed to collect, but as far as I can remember the numbers are quite fantastic. To be honest,
3 years in prison for me was not worth the harm he had done. Moreover, it does not guarantee that after being released from prison the person
will turn into a good person. Even though I didn't agree with the punishment given, I couldn't do anything about it. Maybe all I can do is always be
aware of all the scams that are currently happening in the crypto world. Because even though the hacker is changing into a good person, there are
still others who will replace him. The conclusion is that crime will always be there, therefore we ourselves must be vigilant.

[cabron]

He is a teenager, you wouldn't want to destroy a teen's life all for one mistake he did, three years I believe is fair enough. Basically, he is a misguided teen probably parents not at home all the time. If guided properly he could even work for the government or military for his skills, I'm sure the court considers his life after prison which led them to only give him 3 years.

He could have pleaded guilty in exchange for something too, there could be a lot of things he discovered on the Twitter accounts.

[Sithara007]

It is very rare to see these sort of hackers getting any sort of punishment. They are always confident that they will never get caught, as they use VPN/TOR. A lot of people lost money when these guys managed to hack the Twitter account of Elon Musk and managed to post the phishing link. The prison term handed out to the perpetrator will probably discourage other hackers from such criminal activities.

[FinneysTrueVision]

The amount of BTC that he gained from this hack would be worth over half a million dollars so this is not such a terrible deal but I still don't think he should do any prison time at all. Nobody forced users to send him their bitcoins and it was Twitters fault that they didn't have adequate security. The only thing he did wrong in my eyes was that he violated the terms of an agreement he made when he was caught in a 2019 bitcoin theft.

[pakhitheboss]

He basically commited scam and therefore the sentencing is justified. I hope this sentencing should reform him so that he does not commit such crimes in the future. This should also be an eye opener for those who have committed scams in the past or are planning to commit in the future, that you cannot escape the law.

[bittick]

The punishment is fair in my opinion, if he returns the money that'd be even better. The effect of being imprisoned could already destroy his life aswell since it's gonna be hard for him to build his career.  hopefully it somehow scare off any hackers from doing any such criminal activities more specifically those from 1st world countries since they are more likely to get caught seeing a more strict and "real" law enforcement.

[Jawhead999]

The amount of BTC that he gained from this hack would be worth over half a million dollars so this is not such a terrible deal but I still don't think he should do any prison time at all. Nobody forced users to send him their bitcoins and it was Twitters fault that they didn't have adequate security.

So do you think websites offering ponzi scheme or project offering unrealistic gains is not scam also? Because it's only a words and promising, they didn't forcing anyone to send him Bitcoin too. You're wrong then.

Hacking someone twitter accounts is already violations, why the hell someone need to use someone account when you can use your personal account? As you know many peoples is trusting official account, that's why some user send their Bitcoin to them without worried... because they're believing.

[CaVO32]

The punishment is fair in my opinion, if he returns the money that'd be even better. The effect of being imprisoned could already destroy his life aswell since it's gonna be hard for him to build his career.  hopefully it somehow scare off any hackers from doing any such criminal activities more specifically those from 1st world countries since they are more likely to get caught seeing a more strict and "real" law enforcement.

If he will not return the money, he will more than likely use those stolen funds after he gets out. Who knows, he already transferred it to a secure place where he will be the only one who can get access to.

The amount of BTC that he gained from this hack would be worth over half a million dollars so this is not such a terrible deal but I still don't think he should do any prison time at all. Nobody forced users to send him their bitcoins and it was Twitters fault that they didn't have adequate security.

So do you think websites offering ponzi scheme or project offering unrealistic gains is not scam also? Because it's only a words and promising, they didn't forcing anyone to send him Bitcoin too. You're wrong then.

Hacking someone twitter accounts is already violations, why the hell someone need to use someone account when you can use your personal account? As you know many peoples is trusting official account, that's why some user send their Bitcoin to them without worried... because they're believing.

Yes, these MLM or ponzi schemes also need to be punished. However, if there will be no individuals or groups that will push thru the case, they can just run away freely. This is why most ponzi schemes can get away because very few individuals can dedicate their resources of running after to these scammers.

[jerrison]

Justice is said to have been served but the dact remains that soial media account owners should always ensure that their accounts are  safe at all time as the security of their account is entirely their own responsibility. What if it had happened from another region where there is limited resources to fish out the culprits, does it mean the ahacker(s) would have walked away with people's money and still continue with their business. We should enure we all take security personal.

I'm pretty sure that the Twitter hack is still fresh in our memory, this is high profile because it involves a lot of crypto exchanges like, @coinbase, @Gemini, and @binance and then celebrities, @JeffBezos, @BarackObama, @elon_musk, @JoeBiden, @BillGates, and @WarrenBuffett.

And Graham Ivan Clark was charge last year and now agreed on Tuesday to be sentenced as a youthful offender to three years in prison, + three years of probation.

Here are the official docs: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20515610-plea-agreement-acknowledgment-of-waiver-of-rights-bc-6f018852-673e-4df1-85da-4c5629856265

https://www.sao13th.com/2021/03/prosecutors-reach-plea-agreement-in-case-of-twitter-hacker-graham-clark/ (please note that access might be block for some region due to security reasons).

What are your thoughts of the sentencing? he has served seven months already of the three years sentenced on him.

[Kittygalore]

He basically commited scam and therefore the sentencing is justified. I hope this sentencing should reform him so that he does not commit such crimes in the future. This should also be an eye opener for those who have committed scams in the past or are planning to commit in the future, that you cannot escape the law.

I don't think so, I assume that you haven't seen the penal system in US, most first offenders that got out of jail has a high chance that they will become repeat offender. US prison system is not made to reform the criminals but to only make them more angry and smart. Only way for him to not become a repeat offender is if the kid was to get a job that specializes in coding because that skill can be used for something good, maybe the Federal government might take in this kid if he can prove his skills.

[jjdub7]

I'm pretty sure that the Twitter hack is still fresh in our memory, this is high profile because it involves a lot of crypto exchanges like, @coinbase, @Gemini, and @binance and then celebrities, @JeffBezos, @BarackObama, @elon_musk, @JoeBiden, @BillGates, and @WarrenBuffett.

And Graham Ivan Clark was charge last year and now agreed on Tuesday to be sentenced as a youthful offender to three years in prison, + three years of probation.

Here are the official docs: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20515610-plea-agreement-acknowledgment-of-waiver-of-rights-bc-6f018852-673e-4df1-85da-4c5629856265

https://www.sao13th.com/2021/03/prosecutors-reach-plea-agreement-in-case-of-twitter-hacker-graham-clark/ (please note that access might be block for some region due to security reasons).

What are your thoughts of the sentencing? he has served seven months already of the three years sentenced on him.

In my opinion, 3 years is not small considering that he is only 18 years old. The news also says he may spend part of his sentence in a training camp, a special program of the US justice system that relies on military techniques and strict discipline to rehabilitate offenders.

And usually the practice in such cases in the United States is that after the sentence, hackers hire them as cyber security consultants in public or private institutions (provided they are really good hackers).

[XZERO1]

I just really hope Twitter learnt it lesson and instead of caring about its political views or politics as a whole, hire some staff that actually know what they're doing and implement more security measures so incidents like that never happens again, even though I really doubt that.

In addition to that they're highly understaffed and most of its technical support is being maintained by bots which are less than useless when it comes to specific issues that are not that common, and when they send your case to one of the human supports it could take up to week/s for you to get a proper answer which is not optimal to say the least, specially for a social platform with ~187 million users.

[Miaallen]

I believe 3 years inside is too small for a high profile hack of such magnitude. He robbed a lot of people through that hacked all across the world. Although I believe the judge should tamper judgement with mercies because he pleaded guilty and showed remorse, but I don't expect it to be that lenient.

[seagates]

How much he earned for this 3 years? This was pretty interesting event

[taufik123]

the punishment was worth it, not too bad either. it is only to be responsible for the actions he did that harm many parties. With a 3-year sentence that will certainly deter him, but people like Graham Ivan Clark must be instructed and recruited so that his abilities can be developed and applied to more positive activities or jobs. This teenager has great potential if directed properly.

[ecnalubma]

Too short sentence, but will he be reformed? After serving his sentence he might be hired immediately by companies working underground or surveillance. He might also encourage new hackers to focus on hacking high profile accounts because now they knew that his sentence is not too long.

[blackened515]

And as he has served already, in just a couple of years he could be out and then probation in three years. I think that's good enough. He is still young and maybe that's one reason that the sentence is not that harsh for some of us. Institutions are trying to give him a chance to redeem himself and use his talent in good way that can help the society. Like fighting flaws in a system or try to break it, sort of becoming a white ethical hacker or something.

Such criminals like this is usually transformed to be a governmental hacker, looter, and other sort of illegal governmental usage, criminal is a very hard effect of life to fight against, it takes a great time for someone to stop been a criminal and a scammer, serving in jail for 3 years might not change anything from him, so he may rather work for government or go home prepare for more talent on how to scam intelligently without been caught next time.

[ene1980]

He is a teenager, you wouldn't want to destroy a teen's life all for one mistake he did, three years I believe is fair enough. Basically, he is a misguided teen probably parents not at home all the time. If guided properly he could even work for the government or military for his skills, I'm sure the court considers his life after prison which led them to only give him 3 years.

Age is not a measure if you are doing anything criminal and we are seeing these sort of criminal activities is fairly because they are not getting a big punishment for committing these crimes and if i remember many lost their money during these hacks. He needs to have a reality check if he was a misguided teen if not these spoiled brats will not learn their lesson.

I do not care about hacking but once people start loosing money then it is a different shit altogether.

[cabron]

He is a teenager, you wouldn't want to destroy a teen's life all for one mistake he did, three years I believe is fair enough. Basically, he is a misguided teen probably parents not at home all the time. If guided properly he could even work for the government or military for his skills, I'm sure the court considers his life after prison which led them to only give him 3 years.

Age is not a measure if you are doing anything criminal and we are seeing these sort of criminal activities is fairly because they are not getting a big punishment for committing these crimes and if i remember many lost their money during these hacks. He needs to have a reality check if he was a misguided teen if not these spoiled brats will not learn their lesson.

I do not care about hacking but once people start loosing money then it is a different shit altogether.

He pleaded guilty which makes his sentence lower, if he didn't it could be more than 3 years + the 3 years probation. They understood about losing money there. They weren't talking about the coins to be returned though so its not really sure if its going to be given back but its probably not in the hands of this kid anymore, probably to the authorities. The goal is to limit more damages which this kid's life could turn upside down. 3 years is actually very long for a freeman to be put in jail, a day is like an eternity.