Joseph O'Connor faces several charges in connection with the hack of more than 130 Twitter accounts.
A Spanish court has approved the extradition to the US of a British man suspected of hacking the Twitter accounts of celebrities.
It said he is wanted by courts in the Northern District of California and the Southern District of New York.US officials allege Mr O'Connor hijacked the Twitter accounts and then asked their followers to send bitcoin to an account, promising to double their money. Mr O'Connor is also wanted for several alleged cases of "swatting" - making malicious calls to emergency services aimed at falsely misdirecting the police to visit various locations.
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