UK man implicated in Twitter hacking charged in NY with cryptocurrency theft

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UK man implicated in Twitter hacking charged in NY with cryptocurrency theft
A UK man previously charged in the United States with involvement in the hacking of politicians' and celebrities' Twitter accounts was charged on Wednesday over a separate scheme resulting in the theft of US$784,000 (A$1 million) of cryptocurrency. US prosecutors in Manhattan said ...

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