UK Hacker Ordered to Pay Over $5 Million for Bitcoin Scam

Joseph James O’Connor, the British hacker behind the infamous 2020 Twitter hack involving high-profile accounts like Elon Musk and Barack Obama, has been ordered to pay over $5 million in restitution. The funds are linked to a massive Bitcoin scam where he was involved in exploiting verified user accounts to promote fake giveaways on the platform, defrauding unsuspecting followers of their cryptocurrency holdings.