your Twitter Former security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko was fired in January 2022 from a job he started in November 2020. Zatko, his resignation, that of the company security issues He claims it was a retaliation for not wanting to keep quiet about him. The company’s former head of security didn’t keep quiet, as he said, and took to Twitter last month. to the SEC he complained.

Zatko said Twitter has defrauded shareholders and regulators alike and that the company’s security practices “terrible” shortcomings He claims he didn’t tell anyone. The former security chief also filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in which Twitter signed a contract with the FTC in 2011. the agreement in have violated claims.

Elon Musk may be right in his lawsuit against Twitter

As you know Elon Musk He wanted to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Musk, however, who had been arguing a lot with the company over the actual number of bot accounts, had given up on the purchase decision in recent months. The famous billionaire took to Twitter in recent weeks. by fraud accused. Even the lawyers of Musk, the former CEO and founder of Twitter Jack Dorsey He called the court and asked him to support the allegations on this matter.

Zatko is over 5% of Twitter’s active users. spam bots or fake accounts He made several accusations about it. Zatko said the way the company reported this prediction was intentional. misleading He claimed it was because it was defined as the total earnable daily active users (mDAU) of Twitter. While Twitter administrators are not rewarded for eliminating spam bots, 10 million dollars He also claimed that they were given a financial incentive to increase the number of users with bonuses. Looking at these claims made by the company’s former security chief, Musk is said to be able to win the case.

“It was the right thing to do in the name of democracy”

Of Zatko’s claims, nearly half of Twitter employees users’ email addresses, phone numbers, and internal systems. easy access but also serious problems. Again, four out of ten devices on Twitter are reportedly not meeting basic security standards.

When asked why he reported Twitter, Zatko said: the right thing to do in the name of democracy He said that because he believed this to be the case, he decided to come forward and make Twitter’s problems public. A statement on Zatko .’s allegations Twitter representative“What we’ve seen so far are nothing more than claims about Twitter and our privacy and data security practices that are full of inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lack substantial context.” said.

“Security and privacy are and will remain a priority for Twitter.The representative said Zatko’s allegations and timing were completely designed to harm Twitter, its users and its shareholders.