Twitter executives are still pondering their legal options after a hacker gained access to sensitive files and shopped them around to various blogs and news sites, but none of that data compromised the security of Twitter users, according to co-founder Biz Stone.
“The stolen documents which were downloaded and offered to various blogs and publications are not Twitter user accounts nor were any user accounts compromised," Stone wrote in a Wednesday blog post.
TechCrunch reported this morning that a hacker sent the blog 310 private, Twitter documents after hacking into the micro-blogging site's files. Editor Michael Arrington subsequently published documents detailing a Twitter-based TV show, as well as financial forecasts from February 2009.
“We are in touch with our legal counsel about what this theft means for Twitter, the hacker, and anyone who accepts and subsequently shares or publishes these stolen documents," Stone wrote. “We're not sure yet exactly what the implications are for folks who choose to get involved at this point but when we learn more and are able to share more, we will."
Arrington wrote Wednesday afternoon that his negotiations with Twitter are still ongoing.
“The stolen documents which were downloaded and offered to various blogs and publications are not Twitter user accounts nor were any user accounts compromised," Stone wrote in a Wednesday blog post.
TechCrunch reported this morning that a hacker sent the blog 310 private, Twitter documents after hacking into the micro-blogging site's files. Editor Michael Arrington subsequently published documents detailing a Twitter-based TV show, as well as financial forecasts from February 2009.
“We are in touch with our legal counsel about what this theft means for Twitter, the hacker, and anyone who accepts and subsequently shares or publishes these stolen documents," Stone wrote. “We're not sure yet exactly what the implications are for folks who choose to get involved at this point but when we learn more and are able to share more, we will."
Arrington wrote Wednesday afternoon that his negotiations with Twitter are still ongoing.
