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Podcast: Elon Musk Podcast
Episode: True Crime: Elon Musk and Twitter
Description: It has been three years since the seismic Twitter hack of 2020 erupted on the digital horizon, ensnaring global tech giants and ordinary users alike. But this year, justice caught up with one of the hackers responsible, Joseph James O'Connor, in a compelling example of how cybercrime carries real-world consequences.
A New York federal court has sentenced O'Connor, 24, a UK citizen infamously known online as "PlugWalkJoe," to five years in prison. The sentence comes after O'Connor pleaded guilty in May to an array of charges, including computer hacking, wire fraud, and cyberstalking.
The digital heist, among...