Two well-liked Twitter employees accessed thousands of users’ private information and illegally passed it to the Saudi Royal Family, per the FBI.
It is a crazy story. With many twists and turns, including a fake invoice, an escape from SF, and more. buzzfeednews.com/article/alexka…
It is a crazy story. With many twists and turns, including a fake invoice, an escape from SF, and more. buzzfeednews.com/article/alexka…
We hear a lot about tech companies’ outside threats — Russian bots! — but those I spoke with said insiders working for foreign governments are far more dangerous.
All it takes is one well-placed employee to become a mole, and a country can get identifying data on dissidents
All it takes is one well-placed employee to become a mole, and a country can get identifying data on dissidents
The key for the Saudis, according to the FBI, was enlisting Ali Alzabarah, a site reliability engineer who had vast access to Twitter’s infrastructure.
Alzabarah fled to Saudi Arabia and is now a high ranking official in Mohammed Bin Salman’s Misk Foundation.
Alzabarah fled to Saudi Arabia and is now a high ranking official in Mohammed Bin Salman’s Misk Foundation.
I could go on, but I’ll just say: Reporting this story has been nuts, and had me sitting back in my chair saying “wow” everyday I was working on it. Please give it a read if you’re so inclined 🙏 buzzfeednews.com/article/alexka…
