Twitter’s former security chief has alleged in a complaint to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) that the Indian government forced the microblogging service to form a government. agent on his staff, according to a report. The security expert also alleged that Twitter prioritized user growth over reducing spam on the service and that its claims to have a “solid security plan” violated an 11-year-old settlement with the FTC.
According to A Report Via the Washington Post, which has published a redacted copy of the complaint, former Twitter security chief and popular hacker Peter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleged that the company was “forced” by the Indian government to place one of its agents on the company’s payroll. . The whistleblower claims it gave the government access to user data amid “strong protests” in the country, according to the report, which has been forwarded to the US DOJ and a Senate select committee to support the claim. Intelligence.
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Zatco also claimed that Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal falsely claimed that the firm was “strongly incentivized to find and remove as much spam as we could,” according to the report.
The complaint alleges that Twitter employees had “extensive and poorly tracked” access to key software that led to the hacking of well-known accounts such as those of former US President Barack Obama and Elon Musk, according to the report. The Tesla CEO is currently in a legal tussle with Twitter over its $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,51,300 crore) bid to acquire the microblogging service.
A US court has convicted a former Twitter employee of spying for Saudi Arabia. Ahmed Abuammo, a US citizen and former media partnerships manager for Twitter’s Middle East region, was found guilty of failing to register as an agent for Saudi Arabia after accessing the private data of users critical of the Saudi government, the Associated Press reported.
