3 ms·
The Twitter account wasn't actually compromised. The guy was blackmailed to hand it over. It would be pretty nice of Twitter to hand it back, but it's really ha
by mseebach 13y ago
The Twitter account wasn't actually compromised. The guy was blackmailed to hand it over. It would be pretty nice of Twitter to hand it back, but it's really hard to fault them, and it's especially hard to fault them for not just reassigning the account without a very careful investigation - what if the writer of this article is actually the guy trying to steal the account from someone else, using this article to bully Twitter into a swift response?
- owens99 13y agoThis sounds relatively easy to verify, as the guy seems to be well known and the founder of an SF-based startup.
- mseebach 13y agoIt's not about his identity, it's about the legitimacy of his claim to the account. Just for the record, I have no reason to believe he's saying anything less than the truth - but I can't fault Twitter for basically presuming malice until they have conclusively documented the opposite.
- louthy 13y agoExactly, they're doing the opposite of what PayPal and GoDaddy did, which is correct.