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British hacker who targeted Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in Bitcoin scam ordered to hand over £4million

Crown Prosecution Service secures High Court order forcing Joseph James O’Connor to surrender 42 Bitcoin and a stash of cryptocurrency

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2025

UK man who pleaded guilty to celebrity Twitter hack gets five years in prison

UK man who pleaded guilty to celebrity Twitter hack gets five years in prison

Joseph James O’Connor, 24, pleaded guilty to cybercrime charges last month for hijacking famous accounts in a bitcoin scam

The Guardian - US · Jun 24, 2023

British man faces 70 years in jail for part in Twitter hack that targeted celebs

British man faces 70 years in jail for part in Twitter hack that targeted celebs

The hack targeted Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk and others

Wales Online · May 10, 2023

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British man admits hacking Elon Musk’s Twitter account

Charges carry a total maximum sentence of more than 70 years in prison

The Independent UK · May 10, 2023

Briton pleads guilty to Twitter hack that included Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk

Joseph James O’Connor was extradited from Spain to face charges which carry a total maximum sentence of more than 70 years in prison

Evening Standard · May 10, 2023

UK citizen extradited to US pleads guilty to 2020 Twitter hack

A citizen of the United Kingdom who was extradited to New York from Spain last month has pleaded guilty to cyberstalking and computer hacking schemes, including the 2020 hack of the social media site Twitter, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

Reuters · May 9, 2023

Spanish court authorises extradition of Briton who allegedly hacked Biden, Obama

Spain's High Court on Friday agreed to a U.S. extradition request for a British citizen wanted by the United States over a Twitter hack in 2020 that compromised the accounts of several U.S. politicians including Joe Biden and Barack Obama.

Reuters · Feb 17, 2023

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