Claim to Justify Musk from Twitter’s Fired Employee

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

Zatko said that Twitter has deceived both shareholders and regulators and that the company’s security practices are “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 deal 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. However, Musk, who had a big argument with the company because of the real number of bot accounts, had given up on the purchase decision in the past months. The famous billionaire took to Twitter in the past weeks. by fraud had accused. Even Musk’s lawyers, the former CEO and founder of Twitter Jack Dorsey He called the court and asked him to support the allegations on this issue.

Zatko is more than 5% of Twitter’s active users. spam bots or fake accounts He made several allegations about it. Zatko said that the company’s way of reporting this forecast was deliberate. misleading He claimed it was because it was defined as Twitter’s total monetizable daily active users (mDAU). Also, while Twitter admins are not rewarded for eliminating spam bots, 10 million dollars He also claimed that they received a financial incentive to increase the number of users with bonuses. Looking at these claims made by the company’s former security chief, it is said that Musk can win the case.

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

Among Zatko’s claims, nearly half of Twitter’s employees users’ e-mail addresses, phone numbers and internal systems. easy access as well as serious issues. Again, allegedly, four out of 10 devices on Twitter fail to meet basic security standards.

Asked why he reported Twitter, Zatko said: the right thing to do in the name of democracy He said that because he believed this was the case, he decided to come forward and make Twitter’s problems public. A statement about Zatko’s allegations Twitter representative“What we’ve seen so far is 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 have always been and will remain a priority for Twitter.” The representative said, stating that Zatko’s allegations and timing were entirely designed to harm Twitter, its users and its shareholders.