The entrepreneur summoned a famous hacker who was Twitter’s security manager in the past.
THE Elon Musk she summoned an informant of hers Twitter Increquesting documents and communications regarding the company’s weaknesses in both matters fictitious usersbut also securityas the billionaire battles to close a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, court documents revealed yesterday.
Musk asks the whistleblower for information Peter Zatko mainly about the way in which Twitter counts the fictitious accounts of users of the platform. He has said that he is withdrawing from the deal to acquire the company because Twitter misled him and the relevant authorities about the true number of fictitious accounts.
Musk also requested documents and communications related to alleged efforts to cover up security weaknesses related to compliance with the 2011 FTC settlement, as well as “Twitter’s involvement in any illegal activity.”
A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment.
Zatko is one famous hacker who goes by the nickname “Mudge,” ended his tenure as Twitter’s chief security officer earlier this year. He said in a related statement made public last week that the company falsely claimed that it had an organized security plan.
A Twitter lawyer said in a court hearing last week that Musk’s attention to fictitious accounts as a way to terminate the acquisition deal is “legally irrelevant” as Twitter has always said the fictitious account report is based only on estimates and not presentation data that routes bindings.
Both sides have filed lawsuits on both sides, and are headed to a five-day trial on October 17. Musk wants out of the deal, and Twitter is asking Delaware District Court President Kathleen McCormick to order Musk to buy the company for the agreed price of $54.20 per share.
Twitter’s share price fell 1% to $40.04 in New York yesterday.
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