S5 - Episode 001 – The Day that Twitter Died
About this episode
This episode explores the audacious social engineering hack of Twitter orchestrated by a teenager, revealing the psychological tactics and security lessons learned from the incident.
Cyber Distortion Podcast – Hosted by Kevin Pentecost & Jason Popillion On July 15, 2020 , the unthinkable happened: dozens of the world's most powerful voices — Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Joe Biden, Apple, Uber, and more — suddenly blasted the same message out to millions of followers. A promise that sounded too good to be true… because it was. What looked like a generous giveaway turned into one of the most audacious social engineering hacks in tech history — all orchestrated not by a foreign syndicate, not by an elite hacker collective… but by a 17-year-old from Tampa, Florida . In this episode of The Cyber Distortion Podcast , we peel back the curtain on the incredible story of Graham Ivan Clark — the mastermind behind the 2020 Twitter bitcoin scam . How did a teenager with no access to Twitter's code base infiltrate its inner systems? What dark psychology powered the attack? And how did a stunt that netted six figures in Bitcoin come crashing down in just hours? Join Kevin Pentecost and Jason Popillion , together bringing over 50 years of cyber expertise , as we: - Break down the hacker's journey from online forums to global headlines - Decode the social engineering…
People in this episode
Hosts: Kevin Pentecost, Jason Popillion
Topics covered
- social engineering
- cybersecurity
- hacking
- bitcoin scam
- human error
- digital security
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Apple, Uber
Places: Tampa, Florida
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