The New York Times Presents - Season 1 Episode 5

Seasons & Episodes

Episode 1

The New York Times Presents – S01E01 – They Get Brave

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Episode 2

The New York Times Presents – S01E02 – Dominic Fike, At First

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Episode 3

The New York Times Presents – S01E03 – The Killing of Breonna Taylor

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Episode 4

The New York Times Presents – S01E04 – Hurricane of Fire

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Episode 5 Current

The New York Times Presents – S01E05 – The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter

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Episode 6

The New York Times Presents – S01E06 – Framing Britney Spears

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Episode 7

The New York Times Presents – S01E07 – Who Gets To Be an Influencer?

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Episode 8

The New York Times Presents – S01E08 – Move Fast and Vape Things

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Episode 9

The New York Times Presents – S01E09 – Controlling Britney Spears

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Episode 10

The New York Times Presents – S01E10 – Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

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Episode 11

The New York Times Presents – S01E11 – To Live and Die in Alabama

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Episode Overview

Elon Musk. Bill Gates. Kanye West. Joe Biden. Barack Obama. They and dozens of others were being hacked recently, and Twitter appeared powerless to stop it. Who had brought the tech giant to its knees? A 17-year-old kid in Tampa.

Episode Details

Airdate: 2020-11-20

Episode Title: The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter

Runtime: 50

Genre: Biography, Crime, Documentary, News

Cast: Allison Nixon, Andrew Warren, Connor Belcher, Graham Clark, Gregg Bennett, Haseeb Awan, James Xio, Joseph O'Connor, Kate Conger, Nathaniel Popper

Episode Rating: 7.2 (109 votes)

Release Year: 2020

Episode Runtime: 50 min

Rated: TV-MA

First Air Date: 2020-07-10

Seasons: 3

Status: Returning Series

Creators: John Pappas, Samantha Stark, Liz Day

Awards: 2 nominations for Primetime Emmy

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