The Vice article (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23853786) was recently updated with a note that the Twitter insider was paid to help take over the accounts, which raises further questions on the nature of "social engineering":
> we spoke to two hackers and we were able to independently verify they were in control of hijacked accounts today. One of them said they paid the Twitter employee to help them take over accounts; not sure on the specifics here at the moment
> we spoke to two hackers and we were able to independently verify they were in control of hijacked accounts today. One of them said they paid the Twitter employee to help them take over accounts; not sure on the specifics here at the moment
https://twitter.com/jason_koebler/status/1283594885292077056