A hacker in the UK was ordered to repay over £ 4 million in Bitcoin after invading a celebrity's account According to Sky News, UK prosecutors have revealed that 26 year old British man Joseph James O'Connor hacked into multiple celebrity X accounts to defraud Bitcoin and has been ordered to return approximately £ 4.1 million in cryptocurrency. In 2023, he was sentenced to five years in prison in the United States for computer intrusion, wire fraud, and extortion. In 2021, O'Connor was arrested in Spain and later extradited to the United States after the country's High Court ruled that the United States was the most suitable place to prosecute due to the evidence and victims being in the United States. In July 2020, the social X platform was subjected to a large-scale hacker attack, resulting in the loss of celebrity accounts such as Obama, Biden, and Bezos. O'Connor colluded with others to set up a scam using these hacked accounts, luring users into sending Bitcoin worth $1000 and promising double returns, thereby stealing over $794000 worth of cryptocurrency and threatening celebrities. On Monday of this week, the UK Crown Prosecution Service announced that it had obtained a civil recovery order and seized 42 assets including Bitcoin. The valuation was obtained after freezing his assets, and the prosecution ensured the freezing during extradition.