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NEWS: Twitter hacker who breached Obama and Musk accounts forced to repay £4m

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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023.

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By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

A man who helped carry out the 2020 Twitter hack must repay £4.1 million ($5.40 million) worth of Bitcoin.

The attack compromised several high-profile accounts, including those belonging to Elon Musk and Barack Obama.

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