An ex-Twitter employee sentenced to 3.5 years after spying for Saudi Arabia and handing over user infoAhmad Abouammo, an ex-Twitter employee, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison after sharing confidential information with Saudi Officials.
Prosecutors originally wanted to sentence him for over seven years"to deter others in the technology and social media industry from selling out the data of vulnerable users,""This case revealed that foreign governments will bribe insiders to obtain the user information that is collected and stored by our Silicon Valley social media companies," said US Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds.
Angela Chuang, a public defender representing Abouammo did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment about the case, made outside of business hours. Abouammo received a $42,000 *about R725,000 luxury Hublot watch and two $100,000 wire transfers into a Lebanese bank account set up in the name of his father, in return.
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