VOA慢速英语2020 17岁少年因推特"比特币骗局"被捕

17-Year-Old Charged with Seizing Twitter Accounts of Famous People

A 17-year-old boy from Florida and two others were charged Friday with temporarily gaining control of the Twitter accounts of several famous people. The accounts belonged to former President Barack Obama, former Vice¹ President Joe Biden, Tesla founder² Elon Musk³ and others.

周五，佛罗里达州一名17岁男孩以及另外两人被指控短暂控制了数位名人的推特账户。这些账户有前总统巴拉克·奥巴马、前副总统乔·拜登以及特斯拉创始人埃隆·马斯克等人。

Florida state attorney Andrew Warren said suspect Graham Ivan Clark is "a 17-year-old kid who apparently⁴ just graduated high school." He added, "But make no mistake, this was not an ordinary 17-year-old. This was a highly sophisticated attack on a magnitude not seen before." He called Clark the "mastermind" of the attack.

佛罗里达州检察官安德鲁·沃伦（Andrew Warren）表示，嫌犯格雷厄姆·伊文·克拉克“年仅17岁，刚刚高中毕业。”他补充说：“要知道，他可不是普通的17岁学生。这是一次前所未有的高度、复杂的攻击。”他称，克拉克是这次攻击的“策划者。”

Clark was arrested Friday in Tampa, Florida. He will be charged as an adult under Florida law.

克拉克周五在佛罗里达州坦帕市被捕。根据佛罗里达州法律，他将以成年人的标准受审。

Federal officials from California also charged Mason Sheppard, a 19-year-old Briton, and Nima Fazeli, 22, of Orlando, Florida in the nationwide investigation⁵ into the attack.

来自加州的联邦官员在对这起攻击案件的全国性调查中，还指控了佛罗里达州奥兰多市一名19岁的英国人梅森·谢帕德（Mason Sheppard）以及22岁的尼玛·法泽利（Nima Fazeli）。

Warren told reporters at a news conference Friday, "Clark hacked⁶ into the Twitter accounts of famous people and celebrities⁷, but they were not the primary victims." He said Clark took "over $100,000 in Bitcoin in just one day." Bitcoin is a form of digital money not supported by any government but exchanged by many people online.

沃伦在周五的新闻发布会上对记者表示：“克拉克入侵了名人的推特账户，但是这些名人并非受害者。”他说，克拉克仅一天内就将价值超过10万美元的比特币收入囊中。比特币是一种不受任何政府支持的数字货币，但是很多人在网上进行交易。

On July 15, the hackers⁸ took control and sent out false tweets from the accounts of Musk, Obama, and Biden. Others included Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Microsoft's Bill Gates and billionaires Michael Bloomberg and Warren Buffett. Entertainers Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian West, were also hacked.

7月15日，黑客控制了马斯克、奥巴马以及拜登的推特账户，并发布了虚假的推文。其他人还包括亚马逊公司的杰夫·贝佐斯、微软公司的比尔·盖茨以及亿万富豪迈克尔·布隆伯格和沃伦·巴菲特。娱乐明星坎耶·韦斯特和他的妻子金·卡戴珊的账户也被入侵。

The tweets offered to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to an anonymous⁹ Bitcoin address. Over $100,000 in bitcoins were sent to the address before Twitter could disable the accounts and removed the posts.

这些推文声称，向匿名比特币地址转账1000美元，将得到2000美元的回报。在推特禁用这些账户并删除推文之前，已有价值超过10万美元的比特币被转往该比特币地址。

On Thursday, Twitter said in an update that the hackers "targeted a small number of employees through a phone spear phishing attack" to gain access to passwords and other credentials¹⁰. The social media company said the attackers then used the access to target 130 accounts, sent Tweets from 45, accessed direct messages from 36, and downloaded data from seven others.

周四，推特在最新的声明中表示，黑客“通过电话鱼叉式网络钓鱼攻击少数员工”，以获得有权限进入的密码和其它凭证。这家社交媒体公司表示，攻击者随后利用该权限锁定了130个账户，从45个账户上发布了推文，访问了36人的私信，并下载了另外7个账户的数据。

Florida officials said Clark is facing 30 felony charges. Twitter said it would provide a more detailed¹¹ report later "given the ongoing¹² law enforcement investigation."

佛罗里达州官员表示，克拉克面临30项重罪指控。推特公司表示，“鉴于正在进行的执法调查”，该公司稍后会公布更详细的报告。

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1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

3 musk   

n.麝香, 能发出麝香的各种各样的植物，香猫

参考例句：

• Musk is used for perfume and stimulant.麝香可以用作香料和兴奋剂。
• She scented her clothes with musk.她用麝香使衣服充满了香味。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

7 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

8 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

9 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

10 credentials   

n.证明，资格，证明书，证件

参考例句：

• He has long credentials of diplomatic service.他的外交工作资历很深。
• Both candidates for the job have excellent credentials.此项工作的两个求职者都非常符合资格。

11 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

12 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。