Search warrant served on US teen for Twitter hack, NYT reports


The youth was believed to have played a significant role in the Twitter attack, the Times reported. — AFP

The FBI on Sept 1 served a search warrant on a 16-year-old related to his alleged role in the July 15 hack on Twitter Inc, the New York Times reported.

The youth was believed to have played a significant role in the attack, the Times reported. The attack took over the accounts of some of Twitter’s most prominent users, including Barack Obama and Elon Musk, as part of an alleged crytocurrency scam.

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