A look at efforts by at least six research groups to find dirt on Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, including many offers to pay former colleagues for info (Ronan Farrow/New Yorker)

Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
A look at efforts by at least six research groups to find dirt on Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, including many offers to pay former colleagues for info  —  Many of Peiter (Mudge) Zatko’s former colleagues have received offers of payment for information about him.

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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 (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

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” …

Peiter Zatko’s allegations offer details on Twitter’s misinformation policies and failures, including accepting a QAnon proponent into its Birdwatch program (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
Peiter Zatko’s allegations offer details on Twitter’s misinformation policies and failures, including accepting a QAnon proponent into its Birdwatch program  —  A document from whistleblower Peiter Zatko that details the company’s failings in policing misinformation shows what happens when a business model fails

Sources: Twitter agreed to a ~$7M settlement with Peiter Zatko in June 2022 over lost pay; Zatko signed an NDA but he can speak to Congress or file a complaint (Cara Lombardo/Wall Street Journal)

Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Twitter agreed to a ~$7M settlement with Peiter Zatko in June 2022 over lost pay; Zatko signed an NDA but he can speak to Congress or file a complaint  —  Peiter Zatko pact over lost pay didn’t prevent him from filing complaint now part of Elon Musk case

Mudge details Twitter’s lack of logging, ongoing and ignored attempts to hack its systems, that it could “grade its own homework” to appease the FTC, and more (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Mudge details Twitter’s lack of logging, ongoing and ignored attempts to hack its systems, that it could “grade its own homework” to appease the FTC, and more  —  A ticking bomb of security vulnerabilities.  Covering up security failures.  Duping regulators and misleading lawmakers.

In Senate testimony, ex-head of security and whistleblower Peiter Zatko says Twitter had been told that “there was at least one [Chinese] agent” on its payroll (David McCabe/New York Times)

David McCabe / New York Times:
In Senate testimony, ex-head of security and whistleblower Peiter Zatko says Twitter had been told that “there was at least one [Chinese] agent” on its payroll  —  At a congressional hearing, Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security, told lawmakers that the company lied about its data practices.