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.
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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
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