AP reports:
Spain’s National Court has agreed to the extradition to the U.S. of a British citizen who allegedly took part in computer attacks, including the July 2020 hacking of Twitter accounts of public figures such as Joseph Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Gates.
A court statement Friday said requirements had been met for handing over Joseph James O’Connor to U.S. authorities for 14 charges covering crimes such as revelation of secrets, membership of a criminal gang, illegal access to computer systems, internet fraud, money laundering and extortion.
O’Connor, 23, from Liverpool, England was arrested in the southern Spanish coastal town of Estepona in July 2021.
Read more at The Public’s Radio.
The DOJ’s statement in July 2021 can be found here. The arrest warrant can be found here. The case is United States v. Joseph James O’Connor in the Northern District of California, case No.3:21-mj-70812 MAG.
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