The former security chief, who was fired by Twitter earlier this year, alleged that Twitter lacked “basic, fundamental tools and access control,” making it challenging to determine when sensitive data may have been compromised—and by whom.
non-disclosure and non-disparagement provisions; crucially, though, it didn’t preclude him from filing the whistleblower complaint or testifying before Congress.
Zatko—who once worked as a hacker and helped companies find security vulnerabilities—pegged much of the problems to a culture of disorganization and misplaced priorities. “They’re simply unwilling to put the effort in at the cost of other efforts such as driving revenue,” he said, noting that Twitter frequently lacks employees with the necessary language skills to address foreign content moderation issues. “They’re only able to focus on one crisis at a time,” he said.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Beast, but the company has previously challenged Zatko’s credibility, saying his accusations are “riddled with inaccuracies” and that he was fired “for ineffective leadership and poor performance.”
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