O’Connor has been convicted four times for hacking, wire fraud, cyber harassment and money laundering. He will be deducted from his 28 months in prison, which he is currently serving in prison.

Sentence

O’Connor took 5 years in prison. He admitted his guilt and agreed to pay 794 thousand dollars compensation victims

He was a member of a hacker group that used social engineering tactics to access Twitter’s infrastructure. allowed the criminals capture profiles using built-in management tools and dispose of them at your discretion. Hackers used these accounts to run deceptive crypto schemes, urging users to send funds to a specific crypto wallet with the promise of doubling the amount. Because they used well-known names like Elon Musk, Bill Gates and even Apple, users could easily believe in such a generous “promotion”.

O’Connor was detained in Spain in 2020 and extradited to the United States in April 2023. The crime prompted Twitter to tighten its cybersecurity policies and offer special “keys” to its employees to prevent phishing attacks.

The hacker said in court that his crimes were “stupid and senseless”, apologized to his victims and asked the judge to show mercy. He faces up to 77 years in prison, while Justice Department prosecutors had requested that O’Connor be sentenced to at least seven years in prison. In other words, the current 5-year penalty and fine can be said to be quite light.