{"id":527716,"date":"2022-12-15T21:24:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ex-twitter-worker-ahmad-abouammo-gets-3%c2%bd-years-for-spying\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T21:24:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:24:14","slug":"ex-twitter-worker-ahmad-abouammo-gets-3%c2%bd-years-for-spying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-twitter-worker-ahmad-abouammo-gets-3%c2%bd-years-for-spying\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex-Twitter worker Ahmad Abouammo gets 3\u00bd years for spying"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d25d3a3d43\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d25d3a3d43\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-twitter-worker-ahmad-abouammo-gets-3%c2%bd-years-for-spying\/#%E2%80%9CEx-Twitter_worker_Ahmad_Abouammo_gets_3%C2%BD_years_for_spying%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ex-Twitter worker Ahmad Abouammo gets 3\u00bd years for spying&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEx-Twitter_worker_Ahmad_Abouammo_gets_3%C2%BD_years_for_spying%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ex-Twitter worker Ahmad Abouammo gets 3\u00bd years for spying&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0manager convicted of spying for\u00a0Saudi\u00a0Arabia by sharing user data several years ago and potentially exposing users to persecution was sentenced to 3\u00bd years in prison on Wednesday, US prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Abouammo\u00a0had been found guilty\u00a0by a jury in August following a trial in federal court\u00a0in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors had sought a prison term of just over seven years, saying they wanted a \u201csentence strong enough to deter others in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> and social media industry from selling out the data of vulnerable users.\u201d Abouammo faced a maximum penalty of decades in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Abouammo\u2019s attorneys had asked US District Judge Edward Chen for a probationary sentence at his home in Seattle with no prison time. They cited Abouammo\u2019s ongoing health problems, lack of other convictions and family issues that had affected him during his time at\u00a0Twitter, which spanned 2013 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The case focused on Abouammo\u2019s efforts to look up information on two\u00a0Twitter\u00a0users, a $42,000 watch he received from a\u00a0Saudi\u00a0official and a pair of $100,000 wire transfers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-logo.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Twitter logo\" class=\"wp-image-25023807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-logo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-logo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-logo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-logo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The case focused on Abouammo\u2019s efforts to look up information on two\u00a0Twitter\u00a0users, a $42,000 watch he received from a\u00a0Saudi\u00a0official and a pair of $100,000 wire transfers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prosecutors said Abouammo, who oversaw\u00a0Twitter\u2019s relationships with journalists and celebrities in the Middle East and North Africa,\u00a0conveyed\u00a0sensitive information from the company\u2019s systems to help\u00a0Saudi\u00a0officials identify and locate\u00a0Twitter\u00a0users of interest,\u00a0potentially exposing them to persecution.<\/p>\n<p>Federal public defenders representing Abouammo did not immediately respond to requests for comment.\u00a0Twitter, recently\u00a0acquired\u00a0by Elon Musk,\u00a0and the\u00a0Saudi\u00a0Embassy in Washington\u00a0also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In their sentencing request, attorneys for Abouammo said that while at\u00a0Twitter, his family had been \u201cstruggling to pay for and deal with serious upheavals in his sister\u2019s life,\u201d including specialized medical care for her newborn daughter.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys also said Abouammo\u2019s actions paled in comparison to those of Ali Alzabarah, another ex-Twitter\u00a0employee, who was accused of accessing thousands of\u00a0Twitter\u00a0accounts on behalf of\u00a0Saudi\u00a0Arabia. 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