据国外媒体报道，两名Twitter前员工透露，直到今年早些时候，有1000多名Twitter员工和承包商使用过有权限改变用户账户设置、并将控制权交给其他人的内部工具。这使得防范上周发生的黑客攻击事件变得更加困难。

According to foreign media reports, two former twitter employees revealed that up to earlier this year, more than 1000 twitter employees and contractors had used internal tools with the authority to change user account settings and give control to others. This makes it more difficult to guard against last week's hacker attacks.

AT&T前首席安全官爱德华·阿莫罗索(EdwardAmoroso)说:听起来有访问权的人太多了。网络安全专家表示，内部员工的威胁，尤其是低薪外包人员的威胁，一直是服务于大量用户的公司的担忧。他们说，能改变关键设置的人越多，监管就越严格。