Peiter Zatko (aka “Mudge”), Twitter Whistleblower, Testifies Before Senate
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Peiter Zatko, aka “Mudge”, testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on September 13, 2022, at 7:00 am PT (10:00 am ET) regarding the Twitter (social media platform) leadership misleading the public, lawmakers, regulators, and Twitter’s own board of directors, regarding its data security. The highlights of this Senate hearing are shown in the first 5 videos below, followed by videos of full hearing. Zatko’s Whistleblower complaint is presented, by excerpt from wikipedia, in italics, below:
On August 23, 2022, the contents of a whistleblower complaint – by former Information Security head Peiter Zatko – to the United States Congress were published.
The complaint alleges Twitter has made multiple violations of United States securities regulations, the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914, and a 2011 enforceable consent decree reached with the Federal Trade Commission after several issues between 2007 and 2010.[144]
The whistleblower also alleged that Twitter gave Indian government direct unsupervised access to the company’s systems and user data.[145]
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In essence, this Senate hearing has demonstrated that, with regard to regulators, Twitter is allowed to grade its own homework. Total self-regulation does not work!
Highlights of this Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the first 5 videos below:
Tune in at 7:00am PT / 10:00am ET on Tues. September 12 when former Twitter head of security, Peiter Zatko testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in the video streamed on Sep 13, 2022, “WATCH: Twitter Whistleblower Testify Before Congress – LIVE“, below:
“I’m here today because Twitter leadership is misleading the public, lawmakers, regulators and even its own board of directors.” Twitter Whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko complete opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in the video published on Sep 13, 2022, “Twitter Whistleblower Peter “Mudge” Zatko Complete Opening Statement“, below:
Yahoo Finance legal reporter Alexis Keenan breaks down the testimony of the Twitter whistleblower as the company deals with its ongoing lawsuit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in the video published on Sep 13, 2022,”Twitter whistleblower testifies before Congress amid buyout litigation with Elon Musk“, below:
Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko testified at a Senate hearing on security and privacy concerns related to the social media company. He claimed leadership had been “misleading the public” on data security, in the video published on Sep 13, 2022, “Twitter Whistleblower Accuses Leadership Of ‘Misleading The Public’ At Senate Hearing“, below:
Twitter whistleblower, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, details his account of Twitter’s cyber security failures before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in the video published on Sep 13, 2022, “Twitter prioritizes profits over security, says whistleblower Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko“, below:
This Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, in full, below:
U.S. Senate Judiciary on security and privacy lapses at Twitter, with whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, in the video streamed on Sep 13, 2022, “Senate hearing for Twitter whistleblower Peter “Mudge” Zatko“, below:
The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on data security at the Capitol and hear testimony from a Twitter whistleblower on security risks, in the video streamed on Sep 13, 2022, “Twitter whistleblower testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee“, below:
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