Revelations by a former Twitter executive turned whistleblower show that at least one Chinese agent is working at the company, Senator Chuck Grassley said in his opening remarks during a U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday with whistleblower testimony. .
The testimony of Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the notorious hacker who served as Twitter’s head of security until his resignation last year, comes as Twitter and Elon Musk go on trial next month over whether the $44 billion settlement (R. $227.8 billion) must be completed.
Later on Tuesday, the company also announced that shareholders had approved the purchase by the Tesla CEO in a vote, and the future of the business is expected to turn into a battle in court.
The San Francisco-based company sued the billionaire for terminating the deal, while he countered, accusing Twitter of misrepresenting the number of fake and spam accounts on its service.
A Delaware judge ruled last week that Musk can include whistleblower Zatko’s allegations in his case against Twitter, but denied his request to delay the trial.
The U.S. Senate Justice Committee is questioning Zatko over his claims that Twitter misled regulators about its compliance with a 2011 agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the improper handling of user data. .
Since then, Twitter has made “little significant progress on basic security, integrity and privacy systems,” said Zatko’s complaint filed with regulators in July.
The committee, chaired by US Senator Dick Durbin, is also expected to press Zatko over his complaint that one or more Twitter employees worked for foreign governments.
Durbin, speaking to reporters on Monday, said Zatko’s allegations were “a matter of grave personal and privacy concern.”
Twitter said that Zatko was fired for ineffective leadership and poor performance, and that his allegations appeared intended to harm Twitter.
Zatko’s complaint appeared to contain more than two pages of links to supporting documents, such as emails between him and Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and an assessment of disinformation about Twitter. The number of documents was small compared to that of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who released thousands of pages of internal material.
Collaborated Richard Cowan, in Washington. Translated by Luiz Roberto Goncalves
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