Fri. 07/17 – Is A 21-Year-Old British Hacker Behind The Great Twitter Hijacking?

Brian Krebs has a theory of who specifically he thinks was behind the Twitter hijack, but other people have theories too. Netflix kicks off tech earnings season, but also makes a pretty interesting executive move. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Who’s Behind Wednesday’s Epic Twitter Hack? (Krebs on Security)
• 130 high-profile Twitter accounts targeted in hacking attack (The Guardian)
• Netflix shares fall after earnings miss, weak subscriber guidance for third quarter (CNBC)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions

• Some of Reddit's Wildest Relationship Stories Are Lies. I'd Know – I Wrote Them (Motherboard)
• Google’s secretive ATAP lab is imagining the future of smart devices (Fast Company)
• Inside Peacock’s Ambitious Plan to Crash a Crowded Streaming Field (Variety)
• Everything you need to know about Palantir, the secretive company coming for all your data (Recode)
• Sale of the Century: The Inside Story of Ethereum’s 2014 Premine (Coindesk)
• Apple Silicon: The Passing of Wintel (MondayNote)

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