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U.K. Cyber Thug “PlugwalkJoe” Gets 5 Years in Prison

June 27, 2023 admin graham ivan clarke, joseph james o'connor, Ne'er-Do-Well News, plugwalkjoe, SIM swapping, twitter hack

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 19:44:03 +0000

Joseph James “PlugwalkJoe” O’Connor, a 24-year-old from the United Kingdom who earned his 15 minutes of fame by participating in the July 2020 hack of Twitter, has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison. That may seem like harsh punishment for a brief and very public cyber joy ride. But O’Connor also pleaded guilty in a separate investigation involving a years-long spree of cyberstalking and cryptocurrency theft enabled by “SIM swapping,” a crime wherein fraudsters trick a mobile provider into diverting a customer’s phone calls and text messages to a device they control.

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Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail

September 16, 2022 admin brickings, disco dog, discoli, joseph james o'connor, leonardo sapiano, Ne'er-Do-Well News, patrick mcgovern-allen, plugwalkjoe, rayhan miah, robert lewis barr, SIM swapping, SWATting, The Coming Storm, thomas green, violence-as-a-service

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 17:55:25 +0000

Three men in the United Kingdom were arrested this month after police responding to an attempted break-in at a residence stopped their car as they fled the scene. The authorities found weapons and a police uniform in the trunk, and say the trio intended to assault a local man and force him to hand over virtual currencies.