The first U.S. Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy Nathaniel Fick had his personal Twitter account hacked. No details have emerged as to how the account was compromised from the social media platform and no statement from the US Department of State has been released.
My account has been hacked. Perils of the job…
— Nate Fick (@ncfick) February 5, 2023
The State Department’s new cybersecurity bureau was launched in April of 2022, tasked with centralizing digital freedom and cybersecurity technology concerns, as online tensions with both Russia and China continue to mount. Mr. Fick was formerly the CEO of cybersecurity software company Endgame, later bought over by Elastic.