Saudi Arabia reportedly paid Twitter employees to spy on users. Cybersecurity experts say insider spying is an issue that goes beyond Twitter.
Now, cybersecurity experts warn that similar "insider threats" could surface again if tech companies don't make a concerted effort to ward them off.to the federal charges Wednesday, saying that the company is thankful that federal prosecutors uncovered alleged spying and that it would cooperate with future investigations. A spokesperson added that Twitter "limits access to sensitive account information to a limited group of trained and vetted employees.
"Stopping insider threats is one of the most challenging problems in security ... Defending data requires the ability to detect insider accounts that are behaving oddly, including patterns of accessing and exfiltrating sensitive information," Kalember said. Kiersten Todt, managing director of the Cyber Readiness Institute and former adviser to President Barack Obama, said the alleged spying by Twitter employees is "another example of how the tech platforms have repeatedly failed to protect the personally identifiable information" of users.
"That draws ever more bees to the honey. Whether for political or economic advantage, expect more break-in attempts to get at the data," Leong said.
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