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Cybersecurity Lessons from the Twitter Hack as New York’s Chief Financial Services Regulator Calls for a Dedicated Cybersecurity Regulator of Large Social Media Companies

Epstein Becker Green's Brian Cesaratto identifies lessons to be learned from the recent hack in which Twitter employees disclosed their credentials to a 17-year-old hacker and his accomplices, enabling them to take over the accounts of high-profile users such as Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, and Barack Obama, and then post messages soliciting cryptocurrency funds.

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