Saudi infiltration of Twitter (original) (raw)
In 2014 and 2015, a team of Saudi agents allegedly stole proprietary and sensitive personal data from the American social media platform Twitter, in order to unmask anonymous dissidents of Saudi Arabia. Email addresses, phone numbers, internet IP addresses, dates of birth and a history of all the users' activity of Saudi dissidents, opponents and others, were among the stolen materials.
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dbo:abstract | In 2014 and 2015, a team of Saudi agents allegedly stole proprietary and sensitive personal data from the American social media platform Twitter, in order to unmask anonymous dissidents of Saudi Arabia. Email addresses, phone numbers, internet IP addresses, dates of birth and a history of all the users' activity of Saudi dissidents, opponents and others, were among the stolen materials. The United States Department of Justice charged two former Twitter workers and a Saudi intermediary with "acting as illegal agents of Saudi Arabia". Personal data of at least 6,000 Twitter accounts was acquired, according to the complaint. Human rights groups ANHRI and Prisoners of Conscience have observed that some anonymous Saudi political activists on Twitter were identified and detained after the infiltration, and suspect that it is related. A Saudi scholar in exile in the United States sued Twitter, alleging that dozens of anonymous political activists he was in contact with have died, were tortured, or remain behind bars as a result of being found to have a connection to him. (en) |
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dbp:caption | Saud Al Qahtani tweet: "Does an anonymous handle protect you from the blacklist? 1. Gov'ts have ways to get their real name. 2. IP address could be acquired in many technical ways. 3. A secret I won't divulge." (en) |
dbp:cause | Alleged Saudi spies working inside Twitter (en) |
dbp:date | 2014 (xsd:integer) |
dbp:outcome | Personal data of over 6,000 Twitter accounts was acquired on behalf of Saudi operatives (en) |
dbp:target | Saudi dissidents' Twitter accounts (en) |
dbp:title | Saudi infiltration of Twitter (en) |
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rdfs:comment | In 2014 and 2015, a team of Saudi agents allegedly stole proprietary and sensitive personal data from the American social media platform Twitter, in order to unmask anonymous dissidents of Saudi Arabia. Email addresses, phone numbers, internet IP addresses, dates of birth and a history of all the users' activity of Saudi dissidents, opponents and others, were among the stolen materials. (en) |
rdfs:label | Saudi infiltration of Twitter (en) |
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