Glitch on Elon Musk’s X allowed CIA spy recruitment channel to be hijacked, hacker says. ‘It was a perfect storm for something pretty bad to happen’

The CIA symbol is shown on the floor of CIA Headquarters, July 9, 2004 at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. (Credit: Mark Wilson—Getty Images)

A hacker has detailed how a common glitch on Elon Musk’s X platform allowed him to “hijack” a CIA channel used to gather intelligence.

The CIA’s official page on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, describes the organization as America’s “first line of defense.”