STORY – A former employee denounces security breaches and the influence of foreign states on the social network.
This is an embarrassing testimony that Twitter would have done without. Peiter Zatko, the social network’s former IT security director, dismissed in January 2022, unpacked more than embarrassing secrets from the blue bird. In a July complaint to the US Stock Market Constable (SEC), the cybersecurity expert listed the blunders and other «frauds» allegedly committed by the company. The three documents, for a total of 200 pages, were published on Tuesday by the Washington Post and the CNN channel.
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The former executive of the company does not go hand in hand. It accuses its former CEO, Jack Dorsey, and current CEO, Parag Agrawal, of hiding crucial information from regulators as well as the board. The most important concerns their “glaring shortcomings” in cybersecurity. The “half of the servers” are outdated and a large proportion of employee computers block updates, including those for security breaches. He also notes a…