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Timeline: Le Twitter Hack

By: Sean Percival

Sun, Jul 19, 2009 | 11,576 views

Did you get lost during last week’s Twitter hack or #twittergate? Don’t worry if you did, there was a lot of information and opinions being thrown around. For those who would like to catch up and recap, I’ve prepared a little timeline for you. You can click on any underlined text to learn more about that timeline event. Enjoy.

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