Twitter hired Zatko to fix its myriad of cybersecurity issues. And he became head of security after a series of embarrassing hacks.
The highest-profile cyber-attack impacted accounts belonging to then President Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and Mike Bloomberg.
After Dorsey stepped down Zatko had a strained relationship with the new Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal. And was fired earlier this year.
He claims the San Francisco-based company early forced him out when he insisted that there was a security crisis.
The super hacker is loudly blowing the whistle. Among other things he’s alleging Agrawal would not give the board a full accounting of the social media site’s glaring security flaws. And claims he was asked to mislead the board with a cover-up report.
Mudge says that Twitter has become a security risk for the US. And that it reneged on a deal with the Feds to protect user data. And accuses the company of operating on an out-of-date server infrastructure leaving it vulnerable.
Twitter Statement
Twitter dismissed Zatko’s allegations, saying that the company views cybersecurity and safeguarding user data as top priorities. They also claim that Mudge was fired for poor performance.
