‘Foreign agents’ went undetected till flagged by someone outside: Zatko

‘Foreign agents’ went undetected till flagged by someone outside: Zatko

Twitter’s lack of internal security controls meant that the social media company could not track employees who may have been acting as government agents due to inadequate logging activity, Twitter ex-security lead turned whistleblower Peiter Zatko said. He had previously claimed that he believed “with high confidence” that the Indian government had placed its agents […]

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Twitter paid whistle-blower  million for silence, says Musk’s lawyer

Twitter paid whistle-blower $7 million for silence, says Musk’s lawyer

Twitter Inc paid a whistle-blower who raised questions about operational problems within the social media platform $7 million to secure his silence, according to a lawyer for Elon Musk. The payment was mentioned in passing at a Sept. 6 hearing in the lawsuit between Twitter and Musk over his attempts to cancel a $44 billion […]

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Twitter whistleblower could help Elon Musk by adding ‘volatility’ to legal battle

Twitter whistleblower could help Elon Musk by adding ‘volatility’ to legal battle

The complaint by Peiter Zatko gives Musk new angles to pursue in his legal battle, such as claims that Twitter failed to disclose weaknesses in its security and data privacy The complaint by Peiter Zatko gives Musk new angles to pursue in his legal battle, such as claims that Twitter failed to disclose weaknesses in […]

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