Teen Mastermind Behind Elon Musk, Joe Biden Twitter Hack Gets 3 Years Behind Bars

Graham Ivan Clark conned Twitter users into sending him $117,000 worth of bitcoin last summer, prosecutors said

Graham Ivan Clark
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office

The Florida teenager who hacked several celebrity Twitter accounts last summer, including those of former President Barack Obama and Elon Musk, has been sentenced to three years in prison. Eighteen-year-old Graham Ivan Clark pleaded guilty to 30 counts of communications fraud and other crimes on Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Times reported, after prosecutors said he racked up $117,000 in Bitcoin donations from Twitter followers whom he duped.

On July 15, Clark hacked a number of celebrity Twitter accounts as part of a cryptocurrency scam. In addition to Obama and Musk, other high-profile users hit by Clark include then-presidential nominee Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and Jeff Bezos.

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