The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter

Elon Musk. Bill Gates. Kanye West. Joe Biden. Barack Obama. They and dozens of others were being hacked recently, and Twitter appeared powerless to stop it. Who had brought the tech giant to its knees? A 17-year-old kid in Tampa.

Release Date

November 20, 2020

Runtime

42 min

Rating

Genres

Documentary

Directed by

John Pappas

Language

English

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Status

Released

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The New York Times Presents | The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter - Season 1 Ep. 5 Highlight | FX

Cast10 cast members

Graham Clark

Self - Hacker (archive footage)

Allison Nixon

Self - Unit 221B, Cybersecurity Researcher

Nathaniel Popper

Self - Reporter, The New York Times

Kate Conger

Self - Technology Reporter, The New York Times

Connor Belcher

Self - YouTuber aka 'iMakeMcVids'

Joseph O'Connor

Self - Cryptocurrency Prodigy aka 'PlugWalkJoe' (voice)

Gregg Bennett

Self - Angel Investor

Andrew Warren

Self - State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit, Florida

James Xio

Self - Member of OGUser Community (voice)

Haseeb Awan

Self - CEO of Efani

Crew10 crew members

Jarred Alterman

Director of Photography

John Pappas

Nathan Punwar

Pierre Takal

Banks Tarver

Jason Stallman

Ken Druckerman

Mary Robertson

Sam Dolnick

Stephanie Preiss

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