The company says it has significantly tightened security since 2020.
WASHINGTON — Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the Twitter whistleblower who is warning of security flaws, privacy threats and lax controls at the social platform, will take his case to Congress on Tuesday.
asserting that the influential social platform misled regulators about its cyber defenses and efforts to control millions of “spam” or fake accounts. The allegation that Twitter engaged in deception in its handling of automated “spam bot” accounts is at the core of Musk’s At the same time, many of Zatko’s claims are uncorroborated and appear to have little documentary support. In a statement, Twitter has called Zatko’s description of events “a false narrative.”
Zatko’s 84-page complaint alleges that he found “extreme, egregious deficiencies” on the platform, including issues with “user privacy, digital and physical security, and platform integrity/content moderation.”
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