UK man arrested in Spain and charged in US over Twitter hack

(PA)

A British man has been charged in the US in connection with a Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls, the Justice Department said.

Joseph O’Connor, 22, was arrested in the coastal resort town of Estepona, Spain, on an arrest warrant accusing him of involvement in a July 2020 hack of more than 130 accounts, and of hacks that prosecutors said took over user accounts on the TikTok and Snapchat apps.