Civil Litigation
Aug. 7, 2020
Jurist says Twitter likely not liable for ‘rogue employee’s spying
It's too late for the plaintiff to sue Twitter since it alerted him of the Saudi Arabia state-sponsored breach in 2015, nearly two years past the window to file suit.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter properly notified a Saudi dissident about a rogue employee hacking his account on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to gather intelligence, company attorneys told a U.S. magistrate judge Thursday.
Benjamin Berkowitz, representing Twitter, said it's too late for Omar Abdulaziz to sue Twitter since it alerted him of the state-sponsored breach in 2015, nearly two years past the window to file suit.
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