{"id":26309,"date":"2023-10-18T17:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T21:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=26309"},"modified":"2023-10-18T17:45:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T21:45:01","slug":"twitter-glitch-allows-cia-informant-channel-to-be-hijacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/10\/18\/twitter-glitch-allows-cia-informant-channel-to-be-hijacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter glitch allows CIA informant channel to be hijacked"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

A cyber-security researcher has exploited a glitch on the CIA’s official Twitter account, to hijack a channel used for recruiting spies.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) account on X, formerly known as Twitter, displays a link to a Telegram channel for informants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

But Kevin McSheehan was able to redirect potential CIA contacts to his own Telegram channel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

“The CIA really dropped the ball here,” the ethical hacker said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

The CIA is a US government organisation known for gathering secret intelligence information, often over the internet, from a vast network of spies and tipsters around the world<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

Its official X account, with nearly 3.5 million followers, is used to promote the agency and encourage people to get in touch to protect US national security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Biggest fear<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Mr McSheehan, 37, who lives in Maine, in the US, said he had discovered the security mistake earlier on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

“My immediate thought was panic,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

“I saw that the official Telegram link they were sharing could be hijacked – and my biggest fear was that a country like Russia, China or North Korea could easily intercept Western intelligence.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n