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Alleged Hackers Charged for Roles in Twitter Breach and Scam

On July 15th, 2020, Twitter experienced a widespread hack that affected over 100 prominent Twitter accounts. There were three hackers allegedly responsible for perpetrating the attack. Mason Sheppard, aka β€œChaewon,” 19, of Bognor Regis in the United Kingdom and Nima Fazeli, aka β€œRolex,” 22, of Orlando, Florida were charged in criminal complaints in the Northern District of California. The third defendant is a juvenile whom the DOJ referred to the State Attorney for the 13th Judicial District in Tampa, Florida.

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