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British man arrested for partaking in 2020 Twitter hackings

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The US Justice Department said on Wednesday that a 22-year-old British citizen was detained in Spain on Wednesday in connection with a July 2020 Twitter breach that compromised the accounts of high-profile lawmakers and celebrities. Joseph James O'Connor, a British man, was identified in the article. On July 30, 2020, a second individual, simply known as "Juvenile 1," was detained for having a "key role" in the Twitter attack.