{"podcast":{"title":"Cyber Distortion Podcast Series","slug":"cyber-distortion-podcast-series-4852193","podcast_index_feed_id":4852193,"rss_url":"https://cyberdistortion.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/b/7/5/3b750ebd1e92e7f916c3140a3186d450/libsyspodcastdefinition_sq_5.png","author":"Jason Popillion and Kevin Pentecost","episode_count":62,"summary":"Jason and Kevin, seasoned Cyber Security professionals, explain cyber security concepts that everyone needs to know in simple terms. They will leave you with practical takeaways you can use to keep yourself and your organizations safe. Jason Popillion is a CISSP and serves as a CIO/CTO of a SaaS company and Kevin Pentecost is a CISSP, CISM, CEH, CPT, MPCS, MCSE, CCA, ITIL-F and serves as a Information Security Manager for a Manufacturing company.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T20:17:43.467901+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cyber-distortion-podcast-series-4852193"},"episode":{"title":"S5 - Episode 001 – The Day that Twitter Died","slug":"s5-episode-001-the-day-that-twitter-died","published_at":"2026-02-18T06:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cyber-distortion-podcast-series-4852193/s5-episode-001-the-day-that-twitter-died","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cyber-distortion-podcast-series-4852193","url":"https://cyberdistortion.libsyn.com/s5-episode-001-the-day-that-twitter-died","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cyberdistortion/S5_Ep001_-_The_Day_That_Twitter_Died_-_Full_Episode_Stitched_-_FINALaudioonly.mp3?dest-id=3253628","summary":"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…","meta_description":"Cyber Distortion Podcast – Hosted by Kevin Pentecost & Jason Popillion On July 15, 2020 , the unthinkable happened: dozens of the world's most powerful vo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1743,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cyber-distortion-podcast-series-4852193/episodes/s5-episode-001-the-day-that-twitter-died/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cyber-distortion-podcast-series-4852193/s5-episode-001-the-day-that-twitter-died.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}