U.S. Department of Justice charged three men with funneling information on Twitter users to Saudi government. Money, ideology, coercion and ego – MICE – are the top motives for spying, experts say. The FBI says the Saudis paid $100,000 to one of the three suspects – ex-Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo, 41 – and also gave him a watch that was later appraised at $20,000. Security experts say it’s much less expensive – and usually much more reliable – to buy off insiders than to attempt to remotely hack corporate systems.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/7-takeaways-insider-breach-at-twitter-a-13407