Twitter staff can tweet from any account using a program formerly known as "GodMode," according to a former employee who spoke to congressional staff and The Washington Post.
A complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission by Whistleblower Aid last October prompted the federal agency to interview former Twitter employees, and a congressional staffer shared the complaint with the newspaper.
It follows a breach of Twitter security in July 2020, when teenage hackers got into the company's internal systems and tweeted from 45 high-profile accounts. The intruders shared links to a Bitcoin wallet, promising to double users' money, and as much as $120,000 was transferred before Twitter removed the scam tweets. The first tweet was sent from Elon Musk's account, while Apple, Barack Obama, and Jeff Bezos were also compromised.
Three people were arrested around two weeks later, with charges including wire fraud and identity theft. At the time, Twitter said the problem had been solved, but the whistleblower disputes this. Per The Post, the complaint says: "The existence of GodMode is one more example that Twitter's public statements to users and...
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