Unsealed court docs: Peiter Zatko said he burned 10 notebooks and deleted 100 computer files at the behest of Twitter managers as part of his severance package (Jef Feeley/Bloomberg)

Jef Feeley / Bloomberg:
Delaware Chancery judge rules that Elon Musk can amend his counterclaims and use Twitter’s $7.8M severance payment to Peiter Zatko to justify ending the deal  —  Elon Musk can use a $7.8 million severance payment to a Twitter Inc. whistle-blower to argue he was justified in walking away …

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Unsealed court docs in a privacy user profiling suit against Meta show that apps from Zynga, Yahoo, and others had extensive access to users’ friends’ data  —  It’s not the crime, it’s the cover up… The scandal-hit company formerly known as Facebook has fought for over four years to keep …

Adi Robertson / The Verge:
A judge says Twitter can proceed with a limited probe to see if whistleblower Peiter Zatko contacted Elon Musk’s lawyers before he backed out of the deal  —  The Delaware Court of Chancery says Twitter can proceed with a limited probe to figure out whether whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” …

Jef Feeley / Bloomberg:
Sources: Elon Musk plans to skip his October 6 deposition by Twitter’s lawyers in Austin  —  Elon Musk won’t be showing up Thursday for a long-awaited deposition in Twitter Inc.’s lawsuit aimed at forcing him to go through with a $44 billion buyout of the company, according to people familiar with the matter.

Washington Post:
A live blog of Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee  —  Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko is scheduled to appear Tuesday morning before the Senate, as his allegations of widespread security vulnerabilities ignite …

Aaron Gordon / VICE:
Yandex confirms hackers created a traffic jam in Moscow on September 1 by ordering dozens of taxis from Yandex Taxi to converge on the same location  —  Attackers attempted to disrupt ride-hailing app service on Thursday, the company confirmed.  —  Hackers created a traffic jam in Moscow …