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Famed hacker blows whistle on Twitter, claims app is risk to national security
New York Post ^ | August 23, 2022 | Ariel Zilber

Posted on 08/23/2022 8:34:58 AM PDT by TBP

A well-known “ethical hacker” who was hired by Twitter to overhaul its cybersecurity alleged that the social media giant has become a security risk for the US after it reneged on a deal with the federal government to set up a system that adequately protects user data.

Peiter “Mudge” Zatko — a software engineer who became a star in the hacker community after leading a 1990s-era group called “Cult of the Dead Cow” — filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging widespread dysfunction at Twitter.

Zatko was named head of security by Twitter two years ago after the company was victimized by embarrassing glitches, including the commandeering by hackers of high-profile accounts belonging to the likes of Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and Mike Bloomberg.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hacker; twitter
Twitter is a national security risk? Even worse than we thought it was.
1 posted on 08/23/2022 8:34:58 AM PDT by TBP
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To: TBP

This is hitting a lot of different publications.


2 posted on 08/23/2022 8:38:13 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: TBP

Consider how much this situation has benefited China, Russia, Iran, Venezuala...


3 posted on 08/23/2022 8:42:15 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: TBP

Translation: Twitter might allow conservatives or Russian/Chinese bots to help get Trump reelected.


4 posted on 08/23/2022 9:15:02 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: TBP

Didn’t Beto 0’Rourke claim to be a member of that hacking group “Cult of the Dead Cow”?


5 posted on 08/23/2022 11:35:22 AM PDT by just Grace
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