A former head of security at Twitter alleged that the company misled regulators about its cybersecurity defenses, privacy protections and its ability to detect and root out fake account.
SAN FRANCISCO -- A former head of security at Twitter alleged that the company misled regulators about its cybersecurity defenses, privacy protections and its ability to detect and root out fake accounts, according to a whistleblower complaint filed with U.S. officials.
Shares of Twitter Inc. slid 5.4% Tuesday. Zatko didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday. But he told the Post he"felt ethically bound" to come forward. Zatko's attorneys, Debra Katz and Alexis Ronickher, said Twitter's claim about his poor performance is false and that he repeatedly raised concerns about"grossly inadequate information security systems" with top executives and Twitter's board of directors.
Among Zatko's damning accusations of cybersecurity malpractice: Software and security updates were disabled on more than a third of employees' computers -- unduly exposing them to malware -- and it was common for people to install"whatever software they wanted on their work systems." Such lapses are typically considered cardinal sins in cybersecurity.
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