A former Twitter employee found guilty of spying on users on behalf of the Saudi royal family has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
, a Saudi citizen and 34-year-old mother of two children, to 34 years in prison for tweets protesting the government.from an FBI agent presented to the Northern District of California, a Saudi government agent began courting Abouammo in 2014 by buying him gifts and depositing money in his cousin’s bank account. Abouammo then began secretly accessing accounts of users who were critical of the Saudi government and sharing their email addresses and phone numbers with the government agent.
The indictment highlights the threat that Twitter faces from foreign spies who see value in the information it stores on users and their direct communications. All major tech companies can be targets for intelligence gathering, and Twitter has long been a particular target, functioning as a crucial platform both for protesters and dissidents around the world.
While Abouammo is the first person found guilty and sentenced for spying on Twitter on behalf of a foreign government, a former head of cybersecurity at the company has testified that the company has previously been infiltrated by spies from at least two other countries.about the company submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission in July.
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