Twitter whistleblower tells Senate of ‘egregious’ security failings by company

Peiter Mudge' Zatko, former head of security, says any employee could take over the accounts of any senator in this room'

A Twitter whistleblower who accused the company of egregious" security deficiencies testified in front of Congress on Tuesday, alleging those failures made the platform vulnerable to exploitation, including by foreign agents.

Former hacker Peiter Mudge" Zatko worked as head of security at Twitter from 2020 until he was fired in 2022, and says in that time he witnessed extreme, egregious deficiencies by Twitter in every area of his mandate".