Experts say Peiter Zatko's Senate testimony on Twitter is unlikely to have a big impact on Elon Musk's legal battle to terminate his $44B takeover deal
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times :
Peiter Zatko's allegations offer details on Twitter's misinformation policies and failures, including accepting a QAnon proponent into its Birdwatch program
A document from whistleblower Peiter Zatko that details the company's failings in policing misinformation shows what happens when a business model fails Tweets: @markseibel , @baldingsworld , @lizzadw...
Elon Musk will likely focus on Peiter Zatko's claims about Twitter's security practices instead of bots, a potentially better argument against the acquisition
Matt Levine / Bloomberg :
In an SEC filing, Elon Musk adds Peiter Zatko's allegations as a reason to terminate the $44B takeover bid, saying Twitter is in “material noncompliance”
Giles Turner / Bloomberg :
Peiter Zatko's whistleblower report is framed as though it supports Musk's claims that Twitter is lying about spam, but the details actually show the opposite
We already wrote a long story looking at many of the eye-opening claims from Peiter “Mudge” Zatko in his whistleblower report …
Ireland's DPC and France's CNIL are investigating Peiter Zatko's allegations about Twitter, following his complaint that referenced EU regulators
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
At a hearing seeking more data on bots from Twitter, Elon Musk's lawyers cite whistleblower Peiter Zatko's claims; Twitter says spam counts are merely estimates
Washington Post :
At an all-hands, Twitter's executives pushed back against Peiter Zatko's complaint, with CEO Parag Agrawal saying a “false narrative” has been created
Twitter whistleblower alleges the company has reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies that pose a national security risk
Peiter Zatko's whistleblower complaint alleges India forced Twitter to hire one of its agents, who could have accessed sensitive user data due to weak security
😱 El antiguo jefe de seguridad de Twitter tira de la manta. Ians / Business Standard : Twitter trashes ex-worker's claim that India forced it to hire ‘govt agent’ Lily Hay Newman / Wired : The Most Da...
Democrats and Republicans in Congress are investigating Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko's claims and seeking a meeting for further information
including fines https://www.documentcloud.org/ ... Senator Dick Durbin / @senatordurbin : If these claims are accurate, they may show dangerous data privacy & security risks for Twitter users around t...