February 19, 2019 If you think your deleted Twitter DMs are sliding into the trash, you’re wrong They're never deleted, just erased from the UI. You can still see archived messages if you download your data. Naked Security
September 26, 2018 Millions of Twitter DMs may have been exposed by year-long bug Though the bug was present for over a year, Twitter hasn't found any DMs or protected tweets that were delivered to the wrong developer. Naked Security
January 17, 2018 Twitter denies claims that it snoops on your private messages Twitter has pushed back against allegations that its employees "view everything" users post on their servers, including private messages Naked Security
November 18, 2015 Free tool uses Twitter Direct Messages to control hacked computers A self-styled security researcher has created a tool called Twittor that uses Twitter Direct Messages as a botnet command-and-control server. Naked Security