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This paper will be on Ivan Clark Graham Twitter Takeover case from the middle of 2020. Below are some links on the topic, but you will need to do your own research, coming to your own understandings, to develop a viewpoint addressing the important takeaways from Graham's case. You must derive valid important takeaways from Graham's case, and justify within the course of this assignment. 

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- double spaced.

- at least 12 pages.

- Proper APA 7 Format.

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- Evaluate the Ivan Clark Graham case, can include (but not limited to); previous behavior activity, early warning signs, his technical actions performed, his ability to establish contacts on the dark web, the varying types of scams/hacks, illegal activities the internet can facilitate, the leak over from digital world to real world, possible tools used and so on.

- At least 3 supporting cases relating to Ivan Clark Graham situation/circumstances.

- demonstrate the granular understanding of Graham's (and cohorts) actions, understand the technical aspects of his various scams through growing up and how there are many like him in varying situations, and ages.

- demonstrate the higher level understanding of future cases, along with the possible implications/consequences. 

- demonstrate an understanding of the current on books legislation in regards to Graham's case.

Tampa Twitter hacker agrees to three years in prisonGraham Ivan Clark, 18, pleaded guilty to fraud charges for a hack of several Twitter accounts last summer.Tampa Publishing CompanyTampa Bay Times

Bail in Twitter hack: $725,000. Tampa teen’s assets: $3 million in BitcoinGraham Ivan Clark, 17, is accused of hacking prominent Twitter accounts. Prosecutors and the defense argued over whether the teen's considerable assets were legally obtained.Tampa Publishing CompanyTampa Bay Times

I was a teenage Twitter hacker. Graham Ivan Clark gets 3-year sentenceFlorida teen pleads guilty to attack that took over Twitter's internal systems.Ars Technica

Teen ‘mastermind’ behind the great Twitter hack sentenced to three years in prisonFor last year’s unprecedented Twitter hack that scammed users out of $100,000 of bitcoin.The Verge

Florida Teen Pleads Guilty in Last Summer’s Twitter HackGraham Ivan Clark, now 18, will serve 3 years in prison after impersonating high-profile users including Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian and others in a bitcoin scam.David UbertiWSJ

From Minecraft Tricks to Twitter Hack: A Florida Teen’s Troubled Online Path

By Nathaniel Popper, Kate Conger and Kellen Browning

 

August 2, 2020

The teenage “mastermind” of the recent Twitter breach, who had a difficult family life, poured his energy into video games and cryptocurrency.