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UK Hacker Ordered to Repay £4.1 Million in Bitcoin for 2020 Twitter Hack
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Joseph James O'Connor, a British hacker, has been ordered to repay £4.1 million ($5.4 million) in Bitcoin after being convicted for a 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile figures, including Barack Obama and Elon Musk. He was sentenced to five years in prison in the United States in 2023 and had previously been arrested in Spain in 2021.
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