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
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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.
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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
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/how-saudi-arabia-infiltrated-twitter …Show this thread
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Great reporting!
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@Kantrowitz I think this is extremely relevant to@Overlooked_Inc. Please check your DMs!!!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Congrats on this!! Excellent.
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what say you
@Twitter@TwitterSafetyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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How long before Trump pardons them?
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It will be right after the Menendez brothers and Bernie Madoff..
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Are you trying to say that other countries don’t do that?!

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