Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @citizenlab
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
286
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-17
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-26
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity research group, has found that a security policy manager at Meta was hacked with the Predator spyware. This is the first known case of an American national being targeted with Predator in the EU. Citizen Lab has also found numerous individuals targeted or infected with Pegasus or Candiru spyware from 2015-2020, including civil society members, MEPs, journalists, and more. However, some governments and political parties are attempting to discredit Citizen Lab's investigations, particularly regarding the "CatalanGate" scandal. Citizen Lab's research has been praised for its technical work and support of democracy, while some researchers and officials are calling for regulations in information security. Meta has not yet responded to the incident with the security policy manager.
Topic Modeling
- Cybersecurity and spyware - Tweets mentioning the use of spyware such as Predator and Pegasus, and the discovery of infection on various devices.
- Citizen Lab research - Tweets in reference to the work and findings of the research group Citizen Lab.
- The CatalanGate - Tweets about the scandal involving alleged espionage in Catalonia, and the role of Citizen Lab in uncovering it.
- Meta security breach - Tweets discussing the security breach at Meta (formerly Facebook), and the use of phishing tactics to infect a manager's device with spyware.
- Democracy and civil society - Tweets highlighting the importance of democracy, the role of journalism and civil society, and the need for regulatory measures in information security.
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a wide range of emotions including anger, frustration, gratitude, and determination. Many tweets express concern about the increasing use of spyware and the need for regulation. Several tweets mention the ongoing investigation into the #CatalanGate scandal and express frustration with the lack of official response. There is also appreciation for the work of CitizenLab in uncovering hacking and spyware activity.
Trend Analysis
- Reports and findings of spyware and hacking incidents with Predator and Pegasus tools
- The role and credibility of CitizenLab in uncovering these incidents and conducting forensic analysis
- The impact of these incidents on individuals, organizations, and governments, particularly in the EU and Catalonia
- The need for regulation and accountability in information security to prevent and address digital espionage
- The importance of journalism and civil society in promoting democracy and holding those in power accountable
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
68
Percentage of total tweets
23%
Number of Original tweets
27
Percentage of total tweets
9%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
286
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
172
Percentage of total tweets
60%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
37
Percentage of total tweets
12%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
65
Percentage of total tweets
22%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 157 |
| Twitter for Android | 64 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 54 |
| Twitter for iPad | 6 |
| TweetDeck | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| assemblea | Assemblea Nacional Catalana | Perfil oficial de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana | 373,780 |
| mikko | @mikko | Infosec speaker and author. Chief Research Officer at WithSecure, Principal Research Advisor at F-Secure. Hey folks, stop recommending the ISO-8601 standard. | 228,558 |
| jsrailton | John Scott-Railton | Chasing digital badness. Sr. Researcher @citizenlab @UofT @munkschool. Fmr.Ed. @SecPlanner. Tweets mine. Or find me on Mastodon: https://t.co/YPRqnoBtce | 175,311 |
| Lahcenhaddad | Lahcen Haddad, PhD | Writer of Opinions, Books, Articles, Poetry. Social Development Expert. University Professor. Joint Parliamentary EU/Morocco Committee Co-President. Senator | 136,180 |
| citizenlab | Citizen Lab | Research & development at the intersection of cyberspace, global security & human rights. Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto | 111,016 |
| MatinaStevis | Matina Stevis-Gridneff | Brussels bureau chief @NYTimes. Ex East Africa, Europe @WSJ. Anti-solipsist. 💌matina.stevis@nytimes.com | 81,251 |
| runasand | Runa Sandvik | Founder of @GranittHQ, securing journalists and at-risk people around the world. | 77,379 |
| R3Dmx | R3D | La Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D) es una organización dedicada a la defensa de los derechos humanos en el entorno digital. ✉️: contacto@r3d.mx | 58,814 |
| centre_IRIDIA | IRIDIA | IRIDIA Centre per la Defensa dels Drets Humans. Fes-te soci/a: https://t.co/nKkbNjLkTg | 49,420 |
| rozathun | Róża Thun | Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein (Woźniakowska) Posłanka do Parlamentu Europejskiego, Polska2050, Renew Europe | 47,830 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| assemblea | Assemblea Nacional Catalana | Perfil oficial de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana | 38,975 |
| jayoung3092 | Mighty Joe Young #BuildBackBetter #BlueWave2024 | @CCSU alumn, future state legislator, U.S Senator and U.S President. Followed by @CoryBooker Blocked by @HerschelWalker #BuildBackBetter #FBR #FBRParty #Resist | 24,897 |
| josep_m_oller | Josep M Oller. Especial también. Never give up | Barcelona, 1956. Catedrático de Estadística, UB. Fraternidad, Igualdad y Libertad | 10,645 |
| cota3143 | Antoni Mañé i Rovira | El que costa 2 hores de parquing, 6€, ERA el que jo cobrava, treballant durant un mes 8 hores diàries, HO DEIXO ESCRIT | 10,579 |
| Lahcenhaddad | Lahcen Haddad, PhD | Writer of Opinions, Books, Articles, Poetry. Social Development Expert. University Professor. Joint Parliamentary EU/Morocco Committee Co-President. Senator | 7,113 |
| AASchapiro | Avi Asher-Schapiro | Journalist | covering tech for Thomson Reuters Foundation @TRF | Signal: +18313345688 | email: Avi.Asher-Schapiro@ThomsonReuters.com| | 6,910 |
| clancynewyork | Eileen Clancy | Big hard questions | Scholarly infrastructure | History of science & computing | M.A. student on hiatus | Archivist | Overly helpful | Ex-collaborating @zeynep | 6,648 |
| skirchy | Stephanie Kirchgaessner | US investigations for the Guardian. Former Rome, Former Financial Times journalist in NY, London, DC Email: Stephanie.Kirchgaessner@theguardian.com | 5,081 |
| eml229 | Ed | - | 5,001 |
| ayirpelle | priya joseph | geek, entrepreneur, 'I strictly color outside the lines!', opinions r my own indeed. @ayirpelle , universal handle at this time | 5,000 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| TylerYam6 | hacking vr stuff and web stuff and other stuff | 43 |
| JDScrutinizer | "i'm not an educator and i'm not a researcher, i'm just a guy that found something" | 30 |
| jonathandata1 | American Mobile, IoT & Crypto Researcher (Malware/Spyware/Forensics) Founder @hacktreeOrg, Doctoral Student - Comp Sci - Digital Espionage | 13 |
| runasand | Founder of @GranittHQ, securing journalists and at-risk people around the world. | 9 |
| tabarnia | President legítim de Tabàrnia | 6 |
| jan_forney | - | 4 |
| OmarSeghrouchni | Président de la CNDP et de la CDAI (https://t.co/b6rnjpKn6K). Construire le bon équilibre entre droit d'accès à l'information et protection de la vie privée. | 3 |
| alexanderjaeger | DFIR / CERT @Google - nice person - All opinions are mine... . Doing @TimesketchProj stuff. 🏊♂️ 🚲 🏃♂️ https://t.co/CLgYWIPzQ2 Time matters | 3 |
| legallyabigail | I help take the pain out of privacy compliance by focusing on the people behind the zeros & ones and providing commercial solutions that align with your goals. | 3 |
| LeoOfMontreal | تذكير - لمتابعة الحوار ، يجب عليك قراءة قسم الردود لمعرفة المعنى المتسلسل. خط التغريدات الرئيسي لا يعني شيئًا. Time كيبيك مونتريال UTC-5. | 3 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1637836350438141955 | BREAKING: #Predator spyware used on manager at @Meta's security & trust team. @ArtemisSeaford is first known 🇺🇸US national hacked w/Predator in the EU. We @citizenlab found infection. Mercenary spyware is spiraling out of control. 1/ By @MatinaStevis https://t.co/6sZdzoDdaB https://t.co/VKAjqgkmS7 | 449 |
| 1638739405597704193 | My statement about #TikTok's continuing reference to @citizenlab research 👇 https://t.co/qyljyhXPer | 262 |
| 1637876003023233025 | El Departament d'Estat nord-americà dóna credibilitat als informes de @citizenlab sobre el #CatalanGate. Males notícies per l’unionisme que ha basat la seva defensa en desacreditar-los https://t.co/5N46e9uutv https://t.co/QCnZWIvxPq | 243 |
| 1637840261509201920 | A security policy manager at Meta was hacked with Predator, according to new reporting by @nytimes and forensics by @citizenlab. The phishing message sent to @ArtemisSeaford used a COVID vaccine appointment as context to trick her into clicking the link. https://t.co/AGFLzMqgnh https://t.co/PmVb6QwST7 | 194 |
| 1637841290413875202 | First known case of an American national being targeted with a #cyberespionage #predator tool in the EU. We @citizenlab discovered the infection👇🏽. https://t.co/Z5UrTMzmnC https://t.co/n5LysEZpgp | 51 |
| 1638066018625912833 | 🔍 @citizenlab, found 65 individuals targeted or infected with #Pegasus or #Candiru spyware between 2015-2020, including civil society members, MEPs, Catalan Presidents, legislators, journalists, engineers, doctors & jurists. 🔗: https://t.co/6MNHeAg6NJ https://t.co/ItSRAjOq0F | 41 |
| 1639253690216226816 | To this day, not even a single official Spanish government agency or investigator has reached out to us @citizenlab to follow up up on our investigation Not one... | 41 |
| 1637908937625202690 | Journalism and civil society is why democracy survives. Grateful for the excellent technical work and amazing support of @citizenlab @jsrailton and the integrity of the work of @MatinaStevis and @nytimes in bringing out my #Predator hacking story. https://t.co/kTmBl2zsfh | 39 |
| 1638192497720434688 | ⬛️⬜️ Mentre els Estats Units donen plena credibilitat al rigorós informe de @citizenlab que destapa l'escàndol del #CatalanGate, el PSC i el PSOE continuen intentant desacreditar-lo, com van fer ahir amb la comissió de l'Eurocambra que investiga el cas. https://t.co/A8WfILGP3W | 38 |
| 1638155417942409217 | There will be truth for the world to see soon. My new YouTube series will show the false accusations of espionage that have been blamed on #Morocco #Spain & #Rwanda @citizenlab and @amnesty will no longer control the narrative. #UncoveringPegasus https://t.co/G1ZEYif5c2 | 30 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1637836350438141955 | BREAKING: #Predator spyware used on manager at @Meta's security & trust team. @ArtemisSeaford is first known 🇺🇸US national hacked w/Predator in the EU. We @citizenlab found infection. Mercenary spyware is spiraling out of control. 1/ By @MatinaStevis https://t.co/6sZdzoDdaB https://t.co/VKAjqgkmS7 | 784 |
| 1638739405597704193 | My statement about #TikTok's continuing reference to @citizenlab research 👇 https://t.co/qyljyhXPer | 559 |
| 1637840261509201920 | A security policy manager at Meta was hacked with Predator, according to new reporting by @nytimes and forensics by @citizenlab. The phishing message sent to @ArtemisSeaford used a COVID vaccine appointment as context to trick her into clicking the link. https://t.co/AGFLzMqgnh https://t.co/PmVb6QwST7 | 399 |
| 1637876003023233025 | El Departament d'Estat nord-americà dóna credibilitat als informes de @citizenlab sobre el #CatalanGate. Males notícies per l’unionisme que ha basat la seva defensa en desacreditar-los https://t.co/5N46e9uutv https://t.co/QCnZWIvxPq | 392 |
| 1637908937625202690 | Journalism and civil society is why democracy survives. Grateful for the excellent technical work and amazing support of @citizenlab @jsrailton and the integrity of the work of @MatinaStevis and @nytimes in bringing out my #Predator hacking story. https://t.co/kTmBl2zsfh | 97 |
| 1637841290413875202 | First known case of an American national being targeted with a #cyberespionage #predator tool in the EU. We @citizenlab discovered the infection👇🏽. https://t.co/Z5UrTMzmnC https://t.co/n5LysEZpgp | 86 |
| 1638155417942409217 | There will be truth for the world to see soon. My new YouTube series will show the false accusations of espionage that have been blamed on #Morocco #Spain & #Rwanda @citizenlab and @amnesty will no longer control the narrative. #UncoveringPegasus https://t.co/G1ZEYif5c2 | 85 |
| 1639582713567952896 | India is questioning @amnesty and @citizenlab hard. The same lies that are being told in Spain, Morocco, and Rwanda, are being told in India. Mobile forensics is not being conducted on these “infected” Pegasus phones, the “victims” are allowed to keep their devices and use… https://t.co/tKiSHwzS9R | 52 |
| 1638605347811147776 | Eulàlia, si és molt fàcil. Els que van ser "espiats" (investigats) ho eren perquè van fer coses tan sospitoses com greus, per això intenteu deslegitimar la investigació. Els que no, són els que aniran callant conforme aquesta fabricació del #CatalanGate desprestigïi @citizenlab. https://t.co/Cw3mizaF9d | 51 |
| 1638066018625912833 | 🔍 @citizenlab, found 65 individuals targeted or infected with #Pegasus or #Candiru spyware between 2015-2020, including civil society members, MEPs, Catalan Presidents, legislators, journalists, engineers, doctors & jurists. 🔗: https://t.co/6MNHeAg6NJ https://t.co/ItSRAjOq0F | 50 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #pegasus | 20 |
| #catalangate | 20 |
| #predator | 9 |
| #tiktok | 4 |
| #procés | 4 |
| #ejércitoespía | 3 |
| #mexico | 2 |
| #spyware | 2 |
| #cndp | 2 |
| #morocco | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @citizenlab | 294 |
| @runasand | 95 |
| @tyleryam6 | 40 |
| @artemisseaford | 37 |
| @rondeibert | 34 |
| @jonathandata1 | 30 |
| @cthulhu_answers | 29 |
| @jsrailton | 27 |
| @jdscrutinizer | 27 |
| @meta | 23 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
26
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 👇 | 8 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| ⬛ | 5 | black_large_square |
| ⬜ | 5 | white_large_square |
| 🇪🇸 | 5 | Spain |
| 👇🏽 | 4 | backhand_index_pointing_down_medium_skin_tone |
| ‼️ | 3 | double_exclamation_mark |
| 🇺🇸 | 3 | United_States |
| ❗ | 3 | red_exclamation_mark |
| 🇲🇽 | 2 | Mexico |
| 🎉 | 2 | party_popper |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| People & Body | 21 |
| Symbols | 16 |
| Flags | 16 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 10 |
| Objects | 8 |
| Activities | 3 |
| Animals & Nature | 2 |
| Travel & Places | 1 |