A 17 Year Old Was Just Arrested in Connection With Twitter's Recent Hack

Cointelegraph

Published Jul 31, 2020 03:11PM ET

Updated Jul 31, 2020 05:20PM ET

Authorities have taken a 17-year-old into custody, alleging the not-yet-adult cooked up the massive Twitter breach.

"Early this morning, the FBI, IRS, US Secret Service, and Florida law enforcement placed a 17-year-old in Tampa, Florida, under arrest — accusing him of being the 'mastermind' behind the biggest security and privacy breach in Twitter’s history," a July 31 article from The Verge said.

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