Twitter terminated its head of security Peiter “Mudge” Zatko this week, and CISO Rinki Sethi will depart in the coming weeks; both execs joined Twitter in 2020
Market summary: 📊 — Brutal week in the market finally ends. Steve Zurier / scmagazine.com : What's it mean? Making sense of Twitter's decision to oust ‘Mudge’ Zatko and Rinki Sethi Kris Holt / Engadget : Twitter's security leads are leaving the company Chris Nuttall / Financial Times : Investors stream out of NetflixAnna Kramer / Protocol : Twitter's security heads are leaving in continued leadership shakeup Benzinga : Twitter Reorganizes Security Team: All You Need To Know Tweets: @mikeisaac : news: Twitter's new CEO shakes up its top security team, with head of security Pieter ‘Mudge’ Zatko out of the company and CISO Rinki Sethi to depart in the near future story with @kateconger https://www.nytimes.com/... Rinki Sethi / @rinkisethi : It is with a heavy heart that I announce my impending departure from Twitter. Thanks to all of you that have reached out to check in with me, I appreciate all the kind words, thoughts and love being sent my way. ❤️🙏🏽 @mainframed767 : *starts dusting off my mastodon account* https://twitter.com/... Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green : I don't know what's going on at Twitter. When CISOs leave social media companies unexpectedly it can mean all sorts of unpleasant things. https://www.nytimes.com/... Matt Blaze / @mattblaze : Twitter has a strong bench of security talent, and Lea is an absolutely first rate choice for leading it, but this shakeup cannot be good news. https://twitter.com/... @th3j35t3r : They booted Mudge? Well shit. https://twitter.com/... @thepacketrat : Ok, last person on Twitter turn off the lights when you switch to Mastodon or whatever. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... @mikeisaac : since we broke this last night i have to say a lot of people are not happy about it not uncommon for new CEOs to come in and clean house but this seems to be a pretty unpopular move (also the timing around launching NFTs seemed awk) @da_667 : Would've loved to have been a fly on the wall to see how this all went down. Wonder of Mudge lost his shit and said NFTs are fucking stupid, and the CEO took it personally because of his monke.svg collection. https://twitter.com/... Steven M. Bellovin / @stevebellovin : Not good for Twitter... https://twitter.com/... Steven M. Bellovin / @stevebellovin : I wonder if @dotMudge said something about how stupid the NFT profile pictures idea was... https://twitter.com/... Jan Schaumann / @jschauma : Tell me @dotMudge was critical of NFT PFPs without telling me @dotMudge was critical of NFT PFPs. https://www.nytimes.com/... Selena / @selenalarson : something's rotten in the state of twitter https://twitter.com/... @crulge : damn, they fired mudge? the man gave us an iconic senate hearing photo https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Jake Williams / @malwarejake : Folks, this is concerning to the nth. When you see multiple A-list security leaders publicly leaving an org, that's the smoke. I don't know where the fire is or what caused it, but it's a safe assessment that something is on fire (or at the very least, fire is imminent). https://twitter.com/... Lesley Carhart / @hacks4pancakes : Oh no what is this what am I waking up to it's Friday it's early https://twitter.com/... Chey E. Cobb / @chey_cobb : Whoaaa... I bet there's an interesting story behind this. Pieter/Mudge was a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow and has worked hard to educate governments & businesses about digital vulnerabilities and cyber security issues since the 90s. @cDc_Pulpit https://twitter.com/... Kevin Riggle / @kevinriggle : I have the same question here that I had when @csoandy left Akamai, which is like, who are they gonna replace him with? Somebody they got out of a business card bowl at RSA? You already had the best guy in the world https://twitter.com/... John Jackson / @johnjhacking : Translation: Twitter loses best security individuals because new leadership is fucking garbage. https://twitter.com/... Michael Coates / @_mwc : Can't say I have anything to add, but certainly hits close to home. Hope everyone who's there is well. I crossed paths with many great tweeps in my time. https://twitter.com/... @lourdesturrecha : 👀What on earth is going on at Twitter security? @dotMudge is out & @rinkisethi is also leaving?? https://www.nytimes.com/... Whitney Merrill / @wbm312 : Parag Agrawal Twitter's new CEO Shakes Up Twitter's Security Team - highly respected @dotMudge is out and @rinkisethi is expected to leave in coming weeks. https://www.nytimes.com/...
news: Twitter's new CEO shakes up its top security team, with head of security Pieter ‘Mudge’ Zatko out of the company and CISO Rinki Sethi to depart in the near future story with @kateconger https://www.nytimes.com/...
It is with a heavy heart that I announce my impending departure from Twitter. Thanks to all of you that have reached out to check in with me, I appreciate all the kind words, thoughts and love being sent my way. ❤️🙏🏽
I don't know what's going on at Twitter. When CISOs leave social media companies unexpectedly it can mean all sorts of unpleasant things. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Twitter has a strong bench of security talent, and Lea is an absolutely first rate choice for leading it, but this shakeup cannot be good news. https://twitter.com/...
since we broke this last night i have to say a lot of people are not happy about it not uncommon for new CEOs to come in and clean house but this seems to be a pretty unpopular move (also the timing around launching NFTs seemed awk)
Would've loved to have been a fly on the wall to see how this all went down. Wonder of Mudge lost his shit and said NFTs are fucking stupid, and the CEO took it personally because of his monke.svg collection. https://twitter.com/...
Folks, this is concerning to the nth. When you see multiple A-list security leaders publicly leaving an org, that's the smoke. I don't know where the fire is or what caused it, but it's a safe assessment that something is on fire (or at the very least, fire is imminent). https://…
Whoaaa... I bet there's an interesting story behind this. Pieter/Mudge was a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow and has worked hard to educate governments & businesses about digital vulnerabilities and cyber security issues since the 90s. @cDc_Pulpit https://twitter.com/...
I have the same question here that I had when @csoandy left Akamai, which is like, who are they gonna replace him with? Somebody they got out of a business card bowl at RSA? You already had the best guy in the world https://twitter.com/...
Can't say I have anything to add, but certainly hits close to home. Hope everyone who's there is well. I crossed paths with many great tweeps in my time. https://twitter.com/...
Parag Agrawal Twitter's new CEO Shakes Up Twitter's Security Team - highly respected @dotMudge is out and @rinkisethi is expected to leave in coming weeks. https://www.nytimes.com/...