Graham Ivan Clark, the claimed 17-year-old mastermind responsible for the huge Twitter breach that compromised some official accounts, like those belonging to the likes of Joe Biden and Elon Musk, got caught stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin back in 2019.
According to a profile in The New York Times, in 2019, hackers allegedly took control of a phone belonging to Gregg Bennett, a Seattle-based tech investor. They managed to steal 164 Bitcoins, which were worth $856,000 at the time and would be worth $1.8 million today. Bennett got extortion signed by Scrim, which is supposed to be one of Clark’s online false identities.
In April, the Secret Service seized 100 Bitcoins from Clark, Weeks after, Bennett got a letter explaining that the Secret Service had recovered 100 of his Bitcoins. The letter contained the same code assigned to the coins confiscated from Clark. A Secret Service agent told Bennett that the person responsible for the stolen Bitcoins was not arrested because he was a minor.
Rumor has it that less than two weeks after the Secret Service seized the 100 Bitcoins from Clark, he began working on the Twitter heist. But it looks like Clark got his start as a cybercriminal by duping fellow Minecraft players into buying names or digital capes that he never provided.
His interests then expanded to Fortnite, cryptocurrency, and online hacker forums. By the time Clark was arrested for last month’s Twitter hack, he was living in his own apartment in Florida, complete with an expensive game setup. Neighbors said that he drove a white BMW 3 Series and he appeared on Instagram with items like designer sneakers and a gem-encrusted Rolodex.
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