If you are wondering about Twitter security, you're not alone. The "what if" speculators are running rampant. What if the hackers tweeted something about (fill in the blank) and it… tanked the stock market? Started a war? Caused Kim and Kanye to break up? Here's the thing: you don't need Twitter to do any of that. Any well-coordinated socially-engineered cyber attack could cause those same kinds of outcomes. What is remarkable is that it hasn't happened at scale yet. In practice, there would be very little tech involved. All the bad guys need to do is use LinkedIn to find out who has recently been fired from various tech jobs, then bribe the disgruntled employee(s) to gain access. Corporate espionage (or worse) accomplished. It's hard to hack tech; it's much easier to hack people. …see more