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Twitter Founders Data Leaked On 'Hidden' Internet

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Mark Melin
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After removing a user from Twitter without going through the normal public documentation routine, hackers have exposed the personal information of Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)’s founders and top executives.  But did the hackers really shine a spotlight on a private, non-searchable internet?

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Twitter's founders and executives personal information released

Personal information on Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) co-founders' Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Noah Glass and current CEO Dick Costolo provided the curious information of value: Their full 10-digit Social Security numbers, certain cell phone numbers, date-of-birth and previous postal addresses.  The information can be used by credit card fraudsters to perpetrate identity theft or, if combined with email...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.