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  1. Aug 23, 2022 · 23 August 2022. Getty Images. A former security chief for Twitter has turned whistleblower and testified that the company misled users and US regulators about gaps in its security. Peiter Zatko...

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    Zatko, who was Twitter's security head from November 2020 to January 2022, when he was fired, first laid out his allegations in a whistleblower complaintlast month. On Tuesday, he said the company was "almost a decade behind cybersecurity standards." Twitter users give up far more of their personal information than they — or sometimes even Twitter ...

    Among Zatko's most attention-grabbing assertions Tuesday was that Twitter knowingly allowed the government of India to place its agents on the company payroll, where they had access to highly sensitive data on users. Twitter's inability to monitor how employees accessed user accounts made it hard for the company to detect abuses, Zatko said. Zatko ...

    Zatko's revelations offer additional ammunition to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is set to face Twitter in court after trying to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy the company. Musk has subpoenaed Zatkoto testify at the trial, which is set to begin on October 17. Separately on Tuesday, Twitter shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve Musk's acqui...

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  3. Sep 13, 2022 · Who is Peiter "Mudge" Zatko? From CNN's Sean Lyngaas. Peiter Zatko, known as Mudge in the computer hacking community, poses for a portrait in Washington, D.C., on August 22, 2022. (Sarah Silbiger ...

  4. Aug 29, 2022 · Aug 29, 2022, 9:08 AM PDT. Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the former Twitter security chief whose explosive disclosures alleged serious security flaws and...

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  5. Aug 23, 2022 · 10 min. For three decades, security pioneer Peiter “Mudge” Zatko has exposed the risks facing technology users as a hacker. Now he’s doing it as a whistleblower.

  6. Sep 13, 2022 · Twitter has serious issues, according to new testimony from the company’s former security chief, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, who emerged as a whistleblower in August. It’s central issue: The...

  7. Aug 23, 2022 · On Tuesday, both CNN and The Washington Post reported on accusations from former Twitter chief security officer Peiter Zatko, often known as “Mudge,” that the company’s security practices are...

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