Police in France have arrested the man behind a host of Twitter account hacks including high-profile targets Barack Obama and Britney Spears.

His real name has not been released, but we do know he is 25-years-old, is unemployed, currently lives with his parents in Puy-de-Dome, and went by the hacker name of “Hacker Croll”. He has no formal computer training, instead gaining access to the accounts by pretending to be a site administrator and guessing the passwords through information gathering.
The hacks were carried out in April last year and Croll’s capture required a joint effort between the FBI and the French authorities. He was caught when the attacks were traced to France by the FBI and a further joint investigation commenced.