Biggest tech scandals of 2020: Twitter hacks, Cyberpunk and more Jan 01, 2021, 04:39 PM facebook Good news: 2020 is finally over. It was a long year, and one in which the coronavirus crisis and the US presidential election dominated the news. Yet the tech industry still managed to embroil itself in scandals of its own. 2020 began with revelations about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' phone hacking and a Microsoft employee getting caught stealing millions from the company. Soon after, however, Silicon Valley largely closed its doors and the tech world faced a new work-from-home reality — complete with Zoom trolls. In the months that followed, Twitter was hacked, "Fortnite"-maker Epic Games declared war on Apple, and the much-hyped Quibi launched — and then shut down for good.