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Musk’s Takeover Of The Government’s Computer Systems Needs To Be Understood As A Cyberattack, Or Worse

Techdirt. 2025-02-03

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Jack Dorsey Endorses Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: “This Is the Right Path”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/jack-dorsey-response-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-1235135262/

Techdirt. 04/26/2022

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 402: The Story Of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/09/17/techdirt-podcast-episode-402-the-story-of-elon-musks-twitter-takeover/

Techdirt. 09/17/2024

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Ways In Which Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Could Be Good

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/04/25/ways-in-which-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-could-be-good/

Techdirt. 04/25/2022

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Twitter Shares Jump After Report That Elon Musk Will Complete His Takeover of the Company

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/twitter-shares-jump-after-report-that-elon-musk-will-complete-his-takeover-of-the-company-1235232947/

Techdirt. 10/04/2022

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Elon Musk blames X outages on “massive cyberattack”

https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2025/03/elon-musk-blames-x-outages-on-massive-cyberattack/

Techdirt. 03/10/2025

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Twitter Suffers Mass Deactivations After Elon Musk Takeover

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/twitter-deactivations-elon-musks-takeover-1235136168/

Techdirt. 04/26/2022

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Amid Elon Musk Takeover Effort, Twitter Pitches New Content Partnerships

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/twitter-newfront-2022-content-partnerships-elon-musk-1235140018/

Techdirt. 05/04/2022

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Twitter Sues Elon Musk to Enforce $44B Takeover

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/twitter-sues-elon-musk-to-enforce-44b-takeover-1235178684/

Techdirt. 07/12/2022

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Shonda Rhimes Says She’s Leaving Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/shonda-rhimes-leaving-twitter-elon-musk-takeover-1235251539/

Techdirt. 10/29/2022

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DOJ To Court: Here Are The Many, Many Reasons Why The FTC Can & Should Be Investigating Elon Musk’s Handling Of User Data

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/12/doj-to-court-here-are-the-many-many-reasons-why-the-ftc-can-should-be-investigating-elon-musks-handling-of-user-data/

Techdirt. 09/12/2023

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The Batshit Crazy Story Of The Day Elon Musk Decided To Personally Rip Servers Out Of A Sacramento Data Center

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/12/the-batshit-crazy-story-of-the-day-elon-musk-decided-to-personally-rip-servers-out-of-a-sacramento-data-center/

Techdirt. 09/12/2023

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As Elon Musk Continues To Repeat Lies About Who And What USAID Funded, Turns Out, It Funded Elon Musk

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/10/as-elon-musk-continues-to-repeat-lies-about-who-and-what-usaid-funded-turns-out-it-funded-elon-musk/

Techdirt. 02/10/2025

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Musk’s USAID Cuts May Hand China The AI Race

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/26/musks-usaid-cuts-may-hand-china-the-ai-race/

Techdirt. 02/26/2025

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Security This Week: Peek Inside the Government’s Spy Gear Catalog

http://feeds.wired.com/c/35185/f/661467/s/4c592b27/sc/7/l/0L0Swired0N0C20A150C120Csecurity0Ethis0Eweek0Epeek0Einside0Ethe0Egovernments0Espy0Egear0Ecatalog0C/story01.htm

Techdirt. 12/19/2015

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Twitter to Fight Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover, Adopts “Poison Pill” Defense

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/twitter-poison-pill-elon-musk-takeover-1235128197/

Techdirt. 04/15/2022

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Twitter at Risk of Moody’s Downgrade Amid Elon Musk’s Takeover Plan

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/twitter-at-risk-of-moodys-downgrade-amid-elon-musks-takeover-plan-1235135694/

Techdirt. 04/26/2022

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Elon Musk claims bad actors in Ukraine are behind “massive“ X cyberattack

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/elon-musk-blames-x-outages-on-massive-cyberattack/

Techdirt. 03/11/2025

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Trent Reznor on Desire to Bail on Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover: “We Don’t Need the Arrogance of the Billionaire Class”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/trent-reznor-twitter-elon-musk-takeover-1235262227/

Techdirt. 11/19/2022

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Mark Ruffalo Pleads With Elon Musk to Get Off Twitter Following Takeover: “Hand the Keys Over to Someone Who Does This”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mark-ruffalo-elon-musk-ruining-credibility-twitter-1235256556/

Techdirt. 11/06/2022

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Elon Musk Says He’s Secured $46.5B for Twitter Takeover Bid, Weighs Tender Offer

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/elon-musk-funding-secured-twitter-tender-1235131697/

Techdirt. 04/21/2022

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Elon Musk Subpoenas Ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as Takeover Duel Heats Up

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-subpoenas-ex-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-as-takeover-duel-heats-up-1235203680/

Techdirt. 08/22/2022

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Twitter Says Increase in Slurs Following Elon Musk Takeover Is a “Trolling Campaign”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/twitter-says-increase-in-slurs-following-elon-musk-takeover-is-a-trolling-campaign-1235251725/

Techdirt. 10/30/2022

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Elon Musk Twitter Takeover Lawsuit Gains Steam As Judge Advances Investors’ Claims

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-lawsuit-investors-claims-1235741291/

Techdirt. 12/11/2023

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OpenAI board considers special voting powers to prevent Elon Musk takeover

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/openai-board-considers-special-voting-powers-to-prevent-elon-musk-takeover/

Techdirt. 02/18/2025

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Why the US government’s overreliance on Microsoft is a big problem

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2017405

Techdirt. 04/16/2024

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