Peiter Zatko accuses Twitter for manipulation

Twitter is being accused of manipulation by its former security chief

Peiter Zatko, former head of security at the social network Twitter, accuses the social network of having hidden vulnerabilities in its protection system, and lying about its fight against fake accounts, at the center of a legal dispute between the social network and Elon Musk. .

In an 84-page document addressed to the SEC (the US stock market regulator), the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US competition authority (FTC), Peiter Zatko denounces “serious and shocking failures, willful ignorance and threats national security and democracy”.

Twitter reacted and ensured that security and data protection were among its priorities. For the group, the complaint is “full of inconsistencies and inaccuracies”. The company also accused its former manager of opportunism aimed at “harming Twitter, and its customers and shareholders”.

In the complaint, Peiter Zatko mentions obsolete servers, software vulnerable to computer attacks and alleges that social network executives tried to hide the number of hacking attempts from US authorities and board members.

Peiter Zatko points the finger at Twitter

He also claims that the company has consistently prioritized growing its user base over fighting spam and bots. The former manager describes as a lie a tweet published in May by the head of the platform, Parag Agrawal, in which the leader assured that Twitter was doing everything to detect and remove spam as quickly as possible.

Twitter fired Peiter Zatko in January for “ineffective leadership and poor performance”. Former hacker known by the nickname “Mudge”, was hired in late 2020 by co-founder and former head of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, after he hacked accounts of many personalities, such as Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, and many others.

Peiter Zatko accuses Twitter for manipulation

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