The FBI on Tuesday served a search warrant on a 16-year-old related to his alleged role in the July 15 hack on Twitter Inc., the New York Times reported.
The youth was believed to have played a significant role in the attack, the Times reported. The attack took over the accounts of some of Twitter’s most prominent users, including Barack Obama and Elon Musk, as part of an alleged crytocurrency scam.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed "law enforcement activity” at the youth’s house in Massachusetts, where the mother told a Bloomberg reporter to leave.
Another teenager, Graham Ivan Clark, a 17-year-old from Florida, was arrested and accused of being the mastermind of the attack. He pleaded not guilty. Two others were charged for their role in the alleged cyber-attack.
The defendants were allegedly part of an underground subculture of hackers dedicated to stealing, buying and selling online accounts with desirable user names.
