Whistleblower accuses Twitter of risking US national security

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Washington: Peter Zatko, the former security chief of Twitter, has attacked the company and alleged that Twitter is posing a threat to national security and democracy in the US.
He has accused Twitter of being negligent in security practices and misleading federal regulators about it. He has also accused him of mixing up the number of Twitter bots. A bot is a software program that performs automated, repeated pre-set tasks.
Peter Jatko is also known as Nick Neck Mujh. Peter has filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission alleging errors on Twitter. Peter Jatko’s complaint, published in American media, alleges that Twitter has underestimated the number of fake and spam accounts.
Rejecting the claims, Twitter said Jatko was fired due to poor job performance and leadership, the same man now trying to hide obsolete servers, computer software vulnerable to attacks and the number of hacking attempts by executives—the company’s board of directors.
“What we have seen so far is a false narrative about Twitter and our privacy and data protection practices that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks significant context,” Twitter said in a counter-attack.
Washington: Peter Zatko, the former security chief of Twitter, has attacked the company and alleged that Twitter is posing a threat to national security and democracy in the US.

He has accused Twitter of being negligent in security practices and misleading federal regulators about it. He has also accused him of mixing up the number of Twitter bots. A bot is a software program that performs automated, repeated pre-set tasks.
Peter Jatko is also known as Nick Neck Mujh. Peter has filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission alleging errors on Twitter. Peter Jatko’s complaint, published in American media, alleges that Twitter has underestimated the number of fake and spam accounts.
Rejecting the claims, Twitter said Jatko was fired due to poor job performance and leadership, the same man now trying to hide obsolete servers, computer software vulnerable to attacks and the number of hacking attempts by executives—the company’s board of directors.
“What we have seen so far is a false narrative about Twitter and our privacy and data protection practices that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks significant context,” Twitter said in a counter-attack.