UK man arrested for July 2020 Twitter Hack of Joe Biden, others

charges accusing him of hacking the Twitter accounts of several prominent Americans a year ago.

authorities charged him with hacking into more than 130 Twitter accounts.

The Twitter attack last July targeted the accounts of then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, former president Barack Obama and other major figures in business and politics, as well as some celebrities, including Kim Kardashian.

Once the fake messages were discovered, Twitter shut down the accounts, as well as the accounts of all other verified users, for several hours.