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Former Twitter employee sentenced to more than three years in prison for spying for Saudi Arabia

Posted on December 14, 2022June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Today’s reminder how small-N breaches and insider breaches can have huge potential harm.  

Kevin Collier reports:

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.

Ahmad Abouammo, a dual U.S.-Lebanese citizen who helped oversee media partnerships for Twitter in the Middle East and North Africa, was part of a scheme to acquire the personal information of users, including phone numbers and birth dates, for a Saudi government agent.

Read more at NBC.

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