A man convicted over a 2020 Twitter hack that compromised accounts of high-profile figures including former US President Barack Obama has been ordered to repay 4.1 million pounds ($8.3 million) worth of Bitcoin, British prosecutors said.

Joseph James O’Connor, 26, pleaded guilty in the United States to charges including computer intrusion, wire fraud and extortion and was sentenced to five years in prison in 2023.

He was arrested in Spain in 2021 and extradited after the country's High Court ruled the US was best placed to prosecute because the evidence and victims were there.

Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said it had obtained a civil recovery order to seize 42 Bitcoin and other crypto assets linked to the scam, which involved using hijacked accounts to solicit digital currency an

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