X truncated a CIA link meant for Russian informants. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn American cybersecurity researcher exploited a glitch on the CIA's X account to redirect potential Russian informants to his own Telegram channel, according to BBC News. AdvertisementAdvertisementTo stop this, he registered the username so that anyone clicking the link, potentially to act as an informant, was led to his own Telegram channel, BBC News reported. It featured a "high-visibility" warning informing users that it was not an official CIA channel and urging them not to provide any secretive information, McSheehan told Insider. McSheehan told Insider that "a multitude of attacks could have taken place" had he not stepped in.

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Persons: Kevin McSheehan, —, McSheehan Organizations: CIA, Service, BBC News, BBC Locations: American, Russia, China, North Korea