A former head of security at Twitter alleged that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread
Among the allegations are that Twitter misled investors about the number of spam and fake accounts on the platform, backing Elon Musk’s assertions, though Twitter says the whistleblower complaint is built on a “false narrative.”
The former Twitter security chief accuses the company of mishandling “spam” or fake accounts, an allegation that's at the center of the ongoing legal battle between Twitter and Elon Musk.
The former security chief alleges that Twitter employees had access to user data and that company executives misled the board and government about "extreme, egregious deficiencies."
Twitter's former security chief claims the company's executives have misled the board, shareholders and federal regulators about "egregious deficiencies" in its cybersecurity defenses.
Peiter Zatko, who was fired earlier this year, says social media platform 'significantly underestimated' automated bots in whistleblower testimony likely to boost Elon Musk lawsuit
Twitter executives attempted to deceive regulators about major security problems that make users' personal information vulnerable to hackers, according to a new whistleblower complaint.
Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users’ personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy, according to an explosive whistleblower disclosure.
A former Twitter executive just blew the whistle against the Big Tech platform for allegedly ignoring serious cybersecurity problems and apparently misleading prospective owner Elon Musk on spam bots.
A former head of security at Twitter has filed whistleblower complaints with U.S. officials, alleging that the company misled regulators about its cybersecurity defenses and its problems with fake accounts, according to reports by the Washington Post and CNN.
Leading Democrats and Republicans say they are reviewing a whistleblower complaint in which former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko alleges Twitter has “extreme, egregious deficiencies” in its cybersecurity defenses.
Twitter's former security head is accusing the company of ignoring major security vulnerabilities and misrepresenting the number of fake accounts on the platform.
