A 17-year-old from Tampa arrested in connection to the recent Twitter hack

@JohnKu (2552)
August 1, 2020 6:25am CST
Just recently several prominent figures on Twitter got hacked. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Ex-president Barack Obama were among the few that got their Twitter accounts compromised. After gaining control of these high-net individuals, the hackers proceed to launch their scam campaign with promise of great return, provided that potential investors send them first a number of Bitcoin. In the end, they were able to swindle about $100,000 from innocent Twitter users. And just today, the mastermind behind this hack has been revealed by the police as a 17-year-old from Tampa named Graham Ivan Clark. It's sad to see such a young teen with great potential did this.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2020/07/31/17-year-old-in-tampa-arrested-for-hack-of-prominent-twitter-accounts/
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Marlina
@marlina (154166)
• Canada
1 Aug 20
Very sad when you see a young mind like this use his talent to do negative things,
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John Kubisk
@JohnKu (2552)
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1 Aug 20
Yah, he should use his genius to do something worthwhile.
Fat Oreo
@fluffy69 (4956)
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1 Aug 20
Oh that's ridiculous i hope he learned about what happen
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John Kubisk
@JohnKu (2552)
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1 Aug 20
He should since he'll spending his time in prison for some time I believe.
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DianneN
@DianneN (246779)
• United States
1 Aug 20
A waste of talent to do such devious things. Shame on him!
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DianneN
@DianneN (246779)
• United States
1 Aug 20
@JohnKu Shame on any hacker for doing wrong.
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John Kubisk
@JohnKu (2552)
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1 Aug 20
Shame on him and two other hackers, who are all still young.
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John Kubisk
@JohnKu (2552)
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1 Aug 20
@DianneN Shame on any criminals for their wrongdoings.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (306159)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 Aug 20
I heard about that. I'm glad he was caught.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (306159)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Aug 20
@JohnKu That would be good.
John Kubisk
@JohnKu (2552)
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1 Aug 20
I hope other social media can learn from this, and improve their security.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
1 Aug 20
He is just the one that got caught. Imagine the others still out there.
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John Kubisk
@JohnKu (2552)
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2 Aug 20
I heard certain countries even pay hackers to attack others, like North Korea.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
2 Aug 20
@JohnKu I am not surprised.
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sophie a
@sophie09 (34246)
• Indonesia
1 Aug 20
That is such a shame. He has such a skill but he is doing something bad
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sophie a
@sophie09 (34246)
• Indonesia
1 Aug 20
@JohnKu that is really sad
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John Kubisk
@JohnKu (2552)
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1 Aug 20
I see many of young geniuses do crime sadly.
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John Kubisk
@JohnKu (2552)
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1 Aug 20
Problem is that they want quick way to richness.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (85276)
• Bangalore, India
1 Aug 20
That is a misuse of a genius mind. Unfortunately many criminals are genius at brain
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John Kubisk
@JohnKu (2552)
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1 Aug 20
Sadly yes. There are many young geniuses that gone bad for some reason.
Simone
@Janet357 (75656)
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1 Aug 20
wow, 17 yrs old! What a brilliant hacker! but he learned his lesson.at a young age.too.
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John Kubisk
@JohnKu (2552)
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1 Aug 20
Hope he learned his lesson and do good things in the future.
mynameiskate
@mynameiskate (2562)
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1 Aug 20
What is sad is they will come down on him and use him as an example for any would be hackers.
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John Kubisk
@JohnKu (2552)
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1 Aug 20
Not all hackers are bad. There's also the so-called "ethical hackers" that help webmasters to find vulnerabilities on their sites.