Peiter Zatko will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 13 to examine his allegations of widespread security failures at Twitter
Peiter Zatko will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next month pursuant to a subpoena — Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko …
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@donie
Donie O'Sullivan
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NEW: First time Twitter CEO @paraga weighs in on whistleblower story. Sending this message to staff this morning. https://twitter.com/...
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@nicoleperlroth
Nicole Perlr🌻th
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When @jack was dividing his time between Twitter and Square, I asked him about the fact security researchers were constantly finding gaps in their security. I never forgot his reply: “Those guys like to whine a lot.” Security is a culture and it requires buy-in from the top. http…
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@johnheltman
John Heltman
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This is the same guy who told the Senate in 1998 that the internet could be brought down in 30 minutes. He was right then ... https://www.youtube.com/... See also: https://www.americanbanker.com/ zeroday https://twitter.com/...
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@rover829
Vincent Lee
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Bloomberg:"Mr. Zatko's allegations of widespread security failures and foreign state actor interference at Twitter raise serious concerns," said Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the panel's top Republican, Chuck Grassley of Iowa
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@jack
@jack
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@nicoleperlroth I don't believe I ever said this. Would love you to show me proof that I'm wrong tho. I've consistently said security isn't an endpoint, it's a race. There is no perfectly secure system. The work is always staying 10 steps ahead.
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@chrizap
Chris Zappone
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Testimony on Twitter's approach to foreign troll accounts will be very interesting. https://twitter.com/...
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@nikolendc
Nikole Killion
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Zatko's attorney told @CBSNews his client would be willing to testify before Congress. Additionally, he confirmed #Mudge also met with the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday and said other congressional committees have been briefed.
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@runasand
Runa Sandvik
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The hearing will be public and live-streamed, so mark your calendar. https://twitter.com/...
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@mmasnick
Mike Masnick
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The intersection of the misleading parts of his whistleblowing report, combined with some of the pure nonsense peddlers on the Judiciary Committee, means this is going to be a shitshow. https://twitter.com/...
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@kimzetter
Kim Zetter
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PSA: When someone contacts you to ask your opinion of the Twitter whistleblower story, you don't have to give an opinion. Especially if you're not a security expert. You also don't have to have an opinion if you don't know enough facts yet. It's okay to just say “I don't know.”
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@robertmlee
Robert M. Lee
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Hey @Twitter while y'all deal with the @dotMudge allegations resorting to a smear campaign against him is a really stupid idea. His character, skills, leadership, etc. are some of the most beloved and well documented in the community. Your response is telling. Focus on the facts.
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@donie
Donie O'Sullivan
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BREAK A former Twitter executive, its head of security, has turned whistleblower. He alleges grave security problems at the company that he says are a risk to national security and democracy. His first TV interview here: https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@rmac18
Ryan Mac
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Listened in to Twitter's all-hands today (hi everyone) to hear execs line up to discredit the narrative from a former head of security's whistleblower complaint. They didn't address many of his points directly, but made it clear they've beefed up security. https://www.nytimes.com…
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@anthony
Anthony DeRosa
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Employee attrition at Twitter is 18.3%, executives told staff during a company-wide meeting, audio of which was heard by Reuters. Before Musk made his offer to buy the company, attrition hovered between 14% and 16%, consistent with competitors $TWTR https://www.reuters.com/...
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@quinnypig
Corey Quinn
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“Look, half of you can read my DMs without an audit trail; go and see for yourself,” continued Agrawal. https://twitter.com/...
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@karissabe
Karissa Bell
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Still unclear when or if twitter intends to publicly address Mudge's claims in any kind of detail. They said the complaint was “riddled with inaccuracies” but as far as I can tell they've refused to answer any reporter's specific questions on the record https://www.nytimes.com/..…
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@rmac18
Ryan Mac
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The turmoil from the sale to Elon Musk and other macroeconomic stuff has caused a heightened attrition rate at the company. Voluntary departures and cuts have led to an attrition rate for the year of 18.3%. Twitter had 7,500+ workers at the end of 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/..…
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@donie
Donie O'Sullivan
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“We're always on the right side of history on this,” said Twitter's head of communications — who started at the company a few weeks ago. https://www.cnn.com/...
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@lizzadwoskin
Elizabeth Dwoskin
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One of TWTR's main arguments against Musk right now is that Musk's team is asking for private user data to assess bots. Phone #'s and geolocation. Twitter says doing so is largely illegal and also why would the give data to someone who openly says he wants to start a competitor.
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@lizzadwoskin
Elizabeth Dwoskin
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As predicted, our scoop on Twitter security whistleblower Mudge's allegations is already impacting the Musk-Twitter trial. From today's hearing (in real-time): https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@willoremus
Will Oremus
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In our Twitter Space just now, Twitter whistleblower's lawyer John Tye (@wbaidlaw) tells us definitively that Mudge has *not* been in contact with Musk and there was no coordination between the two. This contradicts what one source had told us.
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@benedictevans
Benedict Evans
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It is possible to believe both that Elon Musk's case against Twitter is mostly bullshit, and also believe that Twitter is an extraordinarily badly run and dysfunctional company.
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@igb
Ian Brown
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I remember when Mudge had us send Twitter kernel and OS reports to a rando buddy of his in Texas.
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@vmanancourt
Vincent Manancourt
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The Irish Data Protection Commission held a meeting with Twitter on Tuesday over whistleblower allegations that the company made “egregious and ongoing misrepresentations” to regulators about the state of its data security. https://pro.politico.eu/...
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@cbridge_chief
Daragh O Brien
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@cearta ... The big question would be “what is the offence”, because *offences* (as opposed to infringements incurring an administrative sanction) are set out in Chapter 7 of the Act.
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@cbridge_chief
Daragh O Brien
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@cearta ... Now... If @DPCIreland finds that the whistleblower allegations hold water and *if* they determine an offence has been committed, will they pursue a s146 prosecution of officers, directors, or managers of the corporate body? That is a *criminal* investigation. But it w…
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@ccchatmagazine
@ccchatmagazine
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Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko is being represented by Whistleblower Aid who also represented Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. https://www.cnn.com/...
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@goldman
Jason Goldman
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Hard to imagine a worse whistleblower for Twitter than an unimpeachable expert who's made a storied career out of finding vulnerabilities and explaining them to industry, government and media.
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@karissabe
Karissa Bell
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Reading through the Twitter whistleblower complaint and it's striking that this is essentially the same allegation Frances Haugen made re: Facebook except in Twitter's case... an executive is explicitly admitting it at a board meeting https://twitter.com/...
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@kennwhite
Kenn White
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I don't like the phrase “moral compass” because it indulges our tendency towards hero worship, but Mudge has had a long & respected career working on serious things that benefit the public good. It says a lot that professionals of the stature of Dug, Cris, and Dave vouch for him.…
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@kimzetter
Kim Zetter
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Quote from @sawaba: “[Mudge is] literally the last person you want to hire if you're just looking to improve optics after a breach.” In other words, Twitter had to know it was hiring a straight shooter when they brought him in.
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@perrymetzger
Perry E. Metzger
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Mudge is only important here because he's an extremely credible source; otherwise, he's not the story. @paraga sending his PR flacks to portray Mudge as a disgruntled employee isn't merely not credible, it's irrelevant, because it's not evidence that the allegations are false.
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@harpermitchell
@harpermitchell
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The thing with Mudge is he's untouchable when it relates to NDAs There are plenty of people who could be whistleblowers about their companies, but this would torch their careers https://twitter.com/...