Whistle-blower revelations about spam could help Musk escape his bid to buy.
Twitter has bigger problems than its impending court case against Elon Musk, after its former security chief Peiter Zatko has said there are “egregious deficiencies” in the security and handling of users’ personal data.
He sent his whistle-blower complaint to the US Securities & Exchange Commission in July, as well as the US justice department and the Federal Trade Commission . He also claims Twitter violated a 2011 agreement with the FTC to warn users about privacy or security problems.Zatko, who goes by his nickname, Mudge, is a prominent “ethical hacker”.
A Twitter spokesperson said: “What we’ve seen so far is a false narrative about Twitter and our privacy and data security practices that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context. Zatko’s allegations and opportunistic timing appear designed to capture attention and inflict harm on Twitter, its customers and its shareholders. Security and privacy have long been company-wide priorities at Twitter and will continue to be.
He commissioned a report on Twitter’s spam strategy and said the Indian government forced Twitter to hire its agents. The US government warned that some Twitter employees were working for a foreign intelligence agency.Zatko accused Twitter’s executives of misleading the board and regulators about security problems, and said the social network does not completely delete the personal data of users who cancel their accounts.
Musk’s argument for not buying Twitter is that it misrepresented its spam problem as being more than the 5% it has consistently reported with the SEC. Most commentators think this is a weak defence by Musk, with common sense suggesting he wants to get a cheaper price given the general slide in tech stock values.
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