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Peiter Zatko's complaint, which was published Tuesday by US media, also accused Twitter of significantly underestimating the number of fake and spam accounts -- a crucial point in Musk's argument for trying to cancel his $44 billion deal to own the platform.
Zatko's filing to authorities including market watchdog Securities and Exchange Commission<\/a> accuses Twitter of \"negligence, willful ignorance, and threats to national security and democracy.\"
The ex-worker, who Twitter says was fired for poor performance, warns of obsolete servers, software vulnerable to computer attacks and executives seeking to hide the number of hacking attempts, both from US authorities and from the company's board of directors.
The hacker-turned-executive, who goes by the nickname \"Mudge,\" also claims that Twitter prioritizes growing its user base over fighting spam and bots, the filing says.
In particular, Zatko accuses the platform and its CEO Parag Agrawal of issuing untrue statements on account numbers because \"if accurate measurements ever became public, it would harm the image and valuation of the company.\"
His filing argues that because Twitter reports a tally of users based on who can be reached by advertising -- not the actual number of accounts -- the true magnitude of spam bots is effectively unknown to the public.
Twitter fired back at its former worker, saying Zatko was fired in January for \"ineffective leadership and poor performance.\"
\"What we've seen so far is a false narrative about Twitter and our privacy and data security practices that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context,\" the firm said in a statement.
The \"opportunistic timing\" of the allegations appears \"designed to capture attention and inflict harm on Twitter, its customers and its shareholders,\" the statement continued.
A redacted version of the filing was dated July 6, nearly a week before Twitter launched its lawsuit to try to force Musk to close the buyout deal and which is set for trial in mid-October.
Zatko's legal team called the characterizations of his work and departure from Twitter as \"false\", noting he was fired after clashing with the new CEO Agrawal.
- 'Dangerous security risks' - The issue of fake accounts is at the heart of the legal battle between Twitter and Tesla chief Musk.
The billionaire has repeatedly accused the company of minimizing the number of bot accounts on its platform, and he tweeted Tuesday \"spam prevalence *was* shared with the board, but the board chose not disclose that to the public...\"
Musk is relying on the bot argument to justify abandoning his buyout deal and avoid paying severance, but Twitter's lawsuit has asserted that it's too late because the parties already have an agreement.
CNN reported that Zatko has not been in contact with Musk, and that he had begun the whistleblower process before there was any sign of the billionaire's involvement in Twitter.
\"We have already issued a subpoena for Mr. Zatko, and we found his exit and that of other key employees curious in light of what we have been finding,\" Musk's lawyer Alex Spiro told AFP.
The markets were not thrilled with Tuesday's news and Twitter shares closed down over seven percent for the day.
Zatko was hired in late 2020 by the founder and former boss of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, after a massive hack that saw the accounts of major users including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, reality star Kim Kardashian and Musk himself compromised.
Before joining Twitter, Zatko held senior positions at Google and payments processing firm Stripe as well as DARPA, the technological research arm of the Pentagon.
US lawmakers immediately raised concerns about the allegations in Zatko's filing and have pledged to look into them.
\"If these claims are accurate, they may show dangerous data privacy<\/a> and security risks for Twitter users around the world,\" Senator Dick Durbin said in a statement.
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告密者指责Twitter隐藏重大缺陷
Peiter旧识的投诉,被美国媒体周二公布,还指责Twitter大大低估了假和垃圾邮件账户的数量——麝香的一个关键理由试图取消他的440亿美元的交易平台。
Peiter旧识的投诉,被美国媒体周二公布,还指责Twitter大大低估了假和垃圾邮件账户的数量——麝香的一个关键理由试图取消他的440亿美元的交易平台。
旧识的提交给部门包括市场监管机构证券交易委员会指责Twitter“过失、故意的无知和对国家安全的威胁和民主。”
在世,Twitter说被解雇表现不佳,警告说,过时的服务器,软件容易受到计算机攻击和高管试图隐藏的黑客攻击,来自美国政府和公司的董事会。
hacker-turned-executive,流逝的绰号“玛吉,”还称,Twitter将其用户群增长在打击垃圾邮件和机器人,文件说。
特别是,旧识指责平台及其首席执行官Parag Agrawal账号发布不实陈述,因为“如果精确测量成为公众,它将损害公司的形象和价值。”
他申请认为,因为Twitter报告统计用户基于谁能达成的广告,而不是账户的实际数量的重要性——垃圾邮件机器人实际上是未知的。
旧识Twitter回击前工人,说1月份被解雇“无效的领导,表现不佳。”
“迄今为止我们所看到的是一个错误的叙述对Twitter和我们的隐私和数据安全实践,充斥着不一致和不准确的地方,缺乏重要的上下文,”该公司在一份声明中说。
时机“投机取巧”的指控出现“旨在捕捉在Twitter上关注和造成伤害,其客户和股东,”声明中继续。
修订版本的申请日期是7月6日近一个星期前Twitter推出了诉讼,试图强迫麝香密切的收购交易,将在10月中旬受审。
旧识的法律团队称为他的作品的特征和离开Twitter“false”,注意与新首席执行官Agrawal发生冲突后他被解雇了。
——“危险的安全风险”——假账户的问题的核心之间的官司Twitter和特斯拉首席麝香。
亿万富翁曾多次指责该公司的数量最小化机器人平台账户,周二,他写道:“垃圾邮件流行* *与董事会,但董事会选择了不向公众披露……”
麝香是依靠机器人论点来证明放弃收购交易,避免支付遣散费,但是Twitter的诉讼宣称,已经太迟了,因为双方已经达成协议。
据CNN报道,旧识没有接触麝香,之前,他已经开始告密者的过程有任何的亿万富翁的参与Twitter。
“我们已经为旧识先生发出传票,我们发现他的退出和其他关键员工好奇的我们一直在寻找,“麝香的律师阿历克斯·斯皮罗告诉法新社。
市场没有激动与周二的新闻和Twitter股价收跌超过百分之七。乐动扑克
旧识受雇在2020年底通过Twitter的创始人和前任老板,杰克·多尔西,经过大规模的黑客,看到账户的主要用户包括乔·拜登,美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)真人秀明星金·卡戴珊和麝香自己妥协。
旧识之前加入Twitter,谷歌和支付处理公司担任高级职位条纹以及美国国防部高级研究计划局,五角大楼的技术研究机构。
美国立法者立即引发了担忧的指控在旧识的申请并承诺调查。
“如果这些说法是准确的,他们可能显示危险数据隐私世界各地的Twitter用户和安全风险,”参议员迪克·德宾在一份声明中说。
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