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Hacker Croll Convicted For Infiltrating Obama’s Twitter Account

Posted on June 29, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Rafael Mesquita reports:

A court in central France has convicted a young Frenchman accused of infiltrating Twitter and peeping at the account of President Barack Obama, and given him a five-month suspended prison sentence.

The lawyer for Francois Cousteix, whose online name was Hacker Croll, said his client was happy with Thursday evening’s decision by the Clermont-Ferrand court. He risked up to two years in prison and a 30,000 euro fine for breaking into a data system.

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