Twitter Employee Guilty of Spying for Saudi Arabia

Zeina Abouammo, middle, whose husband Ahmad Abouammo is accused of using his position at Twitter to spy on accounts for Saudi Arabia – JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images

Espionage

Twitter Employee Guilty of Spying for Saudi Arabia

Article Source: The Jerusalem Post Extremism Roundup 2022-08-18

Zeina Abouammo, second left, whose husband, US citizen Ahmad Abouammo, is accused of using his position at Twitter to spy on accounts, arrives for a detention hearing at US District Court, Western District of Washington in Seattle on November 8, 2019. - The allegations of spying by former Twitter employees for Saudi Arabia underscore the risks for Silicon Valley firms holding sensitive data which make the platforms ripe for espionage. The two Saudis and one US citizen allegedly worked together to unmask the ownership details behind dissident Twitter accounts on behalf of Riyadh government and royal family, according to a federal indictment. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo was convicted of six counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in an effort to spy on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government.