A British man has pleaded guilty to hacking Twitter accounts - including Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk - in a bid to con people out of Bitcoin. Joseph O'Connor, 23, also admitted other hacking schemes, cyberstalking a young victim, and money laundering charges. O'Connor and his co-conspirators stole more than $794,000 (£629,000) of cryptocurrency - money he must give back to victims, say prosecutors. Twitter had to freeze some of the stars' accounts after the tweets in July 2020 urged people to send $1,000 in Bitcoin to receive double back. AdvertisementImage: Barack Obama was among those hackedThe amateur quality of the scam surprised many compared with how effective the attackers had been at gaining access.
