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Home > Cybersecurity > Former Twitter employees accused of spying

Former Twitter employees accused of spying


Erdem Yasar Erdem Yasar
November 10, 2019
1 min read
Former Twitter employees accused of spying

Two former employees of Twitter is being charged in the US with spying for Saudi Arabia. The duo allegedly sold personal information, including known critics to the Saudi government.

Two former employees are charged with spying in a San Francisco court. Ahmad Abouammo appeared on court on Wednesday. He was a media partnership manager for Twitter back in 2015. Mr. Alzabarah also accused of accessing the personal data of more than 6,000 Twitter users back in 2015 while he was working as an engineer for Twitter. According to the accusations, they were recruited by Saudi agents in 2015 and paid $100,000 for “consulting services”.

Critics were targeted

A third name, Ahmed Almutairi is also accused of spying. Information from a Twitter account he allegedly accessed was appeared in a not found in a Saudi official’s email. According to the accusations, Mr. Almutairi was an intermediary between the formest Twitter employees and Saudi officials. The whereabouts of the duo are still unknown but they are both believed to be in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia is known as an important ally of the USA in the middle east. Twitter, says in a statement about the issue: “We understand the incredible risks faced by many who use Twitter to share their perspectives with the world and to hold those in power accountable. We have tools in place to protect their privacy and their ability to do their vital work.”

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Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7 News. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7 News, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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