The British man detained in Spain in connection to a massive Twitter hack last summer is being put in jail pending an extradition hearing, multiple outlets reported Thursday.
Joseph O’Connor refused to be transferred to the U.S. voluntarily during a hearing before a Spanish National Court, according to The Associated Press.
O’Connor has been accused by prosecutors in the U.S. of participating in a hack that compromised more than 130 Twitter accounts, including those of President Biden, former President Obama and billionaire CEO Elon Musk.
Twitter said at the time it believed the hackers had targeted employees with access to back-end tools.
Most of the accounts posted Bitcoin scams that ended up netting cryptocurrency worth roughly $117,00 at the time.
A Florida resident, 18-year-old Graham Clark, was sentenced in March to three years in prison after pleading guilty to various fraud charges in connection with the hack.
Two other people were arrested in connection with the hack last year.