Twitter hacker PlugwalkJoe sentenced to 5 years for crypto scam and celebrity cyber attack.
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British hacker Joseph O'Connor, also known as PlugwalkJoe, has been sentenced to five years in a US prison for stealing $794,000 worth of cryptocurrency via a SIM swap attack on a crypto exchange executive in 2019. O'Connor also played a role in the major Twitter hack of July 2020, which fetched him and his crew around $120,000 worth of ill-gotten crypto gains. SIM swap attacks continue to be a significant issue in the crypto sector.
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