Tag Archives: criminal cases

I was a teenage Twitter hacker. Graham Ivan Clark gets 3-year sentence

reader comments 87 with 65 posters participating, including story author Share this story A Florida teenager accused of orchestrating one of last summer’s Twitter hacks—this one used celebrity accounts to make more than $100,000 in a cryptocurrency scam—pleaded guilty on Tuesday in exchange for a three-year sentence, it was widely reported. Authorities said that Graham… Read More »

Ticketmaster admits it hacked rival company before it went out of business

reader comments 32 with 29 posters participating Share this story Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million criminal fine after admitting its employees repeatedly used stolen passwords and other means to hack a rival ticket sales company. The fine, which is part of a deferred prosecution agreement Ticketmaster entered with federal prosecutors, resolves criminal… Read More »