FBI arrested 3 teenagers suspected of involvement in the hacking of Twitter

The FBI, the U.S. Secret Service, and law enforcement in Florida arrested a 17-year-old teenager named Graham Clark on suspicion of being involved in a major Twitter hack two weeks ago.

Although this guy may be the "mastermind", he did not work alone, as it was announced that another teenager was arrested, Nima Fazeli, his symbolic Rolex, 22, and Mason Sheppard, and his his symbolic, Chaewon, from the United Kingdom, 19 years old.

According to the official statement, Clark was able to access the private internal Twitter software and tools and organized and managed the financial fraud and the spread of fraudulent tweets.

Clark persuaded a Twitter employee that he worked for the company's IT department and tricked him into giving his login data to company systems.

After accessing the customer service portal, Clark gained access to highly important user accounts like US Vice President Joe Biden, former president Barack Obama, and other companies such as Apple and Coinbase for crypto trading.

It is noteworthy that the process of hacking Twitter and financial fraud achieved transfers from bitcoin with a value of only 117 thousand dollars.

Fazeli faces a 5-year prison and a $ 250,000 fine, and three counts have been brought against Sheppard, including money laundering. The mastermind faces a 20-year prison sentence and a $ 250,000 fine for 30 charges.