Former Twitter employees charged with spying for Saudi Arabia
by Kari Paul in San Francisco and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#4TS7X)
Company workers reportedly obtained personal account information of critics of the government in Saudi Arabia
Two former Twitter employees have been charged with spying after they reportedly obtained personal account information for critics of the government of Saudi Arabia.
A complaint unsealed on Wednesday in US district court in San Francisco detailed a coordinated effort by Saudi officials to recruit employees at the social media giant to look up the private data of thousands of Twitter accounts.
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