By Dave McKay | August 1, 2020
It Was Those Pesky Kids
Mason Sheppard, 19, of Bognor Regis has had felony charges filed against him, for his participation in the recent Twitter hack.
Nima Fazeli, 22, from Florida and an unnamed juvenile (suspected to be 17-year-old teen Graham Clark of Tampa) were also charged this week with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and the intentional access of a protected computer.
In its statement, Twitter also revealed that some of its employees were targeted using a spear-phishing attack via phone calls, which mislead “certain employees and exploited human vulnerabilities to gain access to our internal systems.”
“There is a false belief within the criminal hacker community that attacks like the Twitter hack can be perpetrated anonymously and without consequence,” said U.S. Attorney Anderson.
He said “Today’s charging announcement demonstrates that the elation of nefarious hacking into a secure environment for fun or profit will be short-lived. Criminal conduct over the Internet may feel stealthy to the people who perpetrate it, but there is nothing stealthy about it. In particular, I want to say to would-be offenders, break the law, and we will find you.”
Sources: BBC, Hacker News