Twitter is a mess — but in the Elon Musk trial, it might not matter

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In a fight between rich tech guys who like to move fast and break things, there isn't always a good" side. This was underscored on Tuesday when Twitter's former security head Peiter Mudge" Zatko accused the company of hiding a wealth of risky behavior - and, in the process, put himself in the middle of Twitter's legal battle with Elon Musk. The report isn't great for Twitter, but you're probably already asking the obvious question: is it bad for Twitter in the courtroom?

The best answer I've found is: probably, yes. But on Twitter's fancy leaked threat matrix scale, the company's odds are more impaired" than physically destroyed"... with a healthy dose of known unknown we really should know."

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