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S5 - Episode 001 – The Day that Twitter Died
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- Feb 18, 2026
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Cyber Distortion Podcast – Hosted by Kevin Pentecost & Jason Popillion On July 15, 2020 , the unthinkable happened: dozens of the world's most powerful voices — Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Joe Biden, Apple, Uber, and more — suddenly blasted the same message out to millions of followers. A promise that sounded too good to be true… because it was. What looked like a generous giveaway turned into one of the most audacious social engineering hacks in tech history — all orchestrated not by a foreign syndicate, not by an elite hacker collective… but by a 17-year-old from Tampa, Florida . In this episode of The Cyber Distortion Podcast , we peel back the curtain on the incredible story of Graham Ivan Clark — the mastermind behind the 2020 Twitter bitcoin scam . How did a teenager with no access to Twitter's code base infiltrate its inner systems? What dark psychology powered the attack? And how did a stunt that netted six figures in Bitcoin come crashing down in just hours? Join Kevin Pentecost and Jason Popillion , together bringing over 50 years of cyber expertise , as we: - Break down the hacker's journey from online forums to global headlines - Decode the social engineering tricks that toppled corporate giant - Reveal the lessons the security world still hasn't fully learned - And explore how a single moment of human error unlocked the keys to a digital kingdom This isn't just a story about stolen Bitcoin — it's a chilling reminder that the weakest link in any system is the human one , and how one kid's curiosity turned into one of the most notorious cybersecurity breaches of our time. Are you ready to join us inside the breach?! Other Helpful Links: Wikipedia – 2020 Twitter account hijacking — comprehensive overview of the incident, how it unfolded, and its impa…