This should be a wake up call. Thank god the malicious messaging was only limited to a tiny Bitcoin scam. Imagine if they had pulled this off on the accounts of national leaders to stir hostilities or violence.
What is the recourse for this kind of failure? I suspect there is none. Twitter is shielded from lawsuits for its content. If this is provably negligent behavior and resulted in actual physical harm it are we supposed to do nothing and simply hope it never happens again?
GDPR is "supposed" to hold companies responsible for breaches and bad access controls. This is a different beast than liability protection for content.
What is the recourse for this kind of failure? I suspect there is none. Twitter is shielded from lawsuits for its content. If this is provably negligent behavior and resulted in actual physical harm it are we supposed to do nothing and simply hope it never happens again?
I cannot fathom what I would do if I were in the position of Timothy Klausutis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/widower-of-late-joe-...