Twittering with Insecurity
by Holly Sanders Ware For such a sophisticated and secretive company, Twitter is proving to be an awfully easy target for computer hackers. A hacker swiped hundreds of confidential documents about Twitter and its employees after breaking into the e-mail and Internet accounts of several Twitter workers, including co-founder Evan Williams. Among the stolen documents are floor plans for the firm's new San Francisco office, a pitch for a possible Twitter-themed reality TV show and growth projections for the micro-blogging site. The hacker also lifted private information from employee accounts, including resumes, credit-card numbers and phone logs. The hacker, who uses the identity "Hacker Croll," leaked the documents yesterday to TechCrunch, an industry site run by Michael Arrington, and a French blog called Korben. In May, the same hacker infiltrated a Twitter employee's account and from there gained access to the Twitter accounts of several high-profile users, including...