TE24 Sci &Tech Desk:
Elon Musk’s legal team issued a subpoena to the whistleblower on Twitter ahead of his Oct. 17 trial in Delaware. The subpoena was filed Monday after its former Twitter security chief, Peter Zatko, filed a whistleblower complaint against the company.
Jatco Security Issues Fake Bot Accounts and Filed Fraud Complaints According to The New York Times, Musk’s lawyers believe the Tesla CEO could use Jatco’s allegations to breach an April deal to buy the social media company for $44 billion.
In a complaint obtained by The Washington Post, Jatko alleged that Twitter withheld extreme and egregious errors from federal agencies and board members including the mask. Jatco also accused the social media platform of violating its 2011 agreement with the Federal Trade Commission regarding the security of users’ personal information.
The complaint was filed with the FTC, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice in July with assistance from the nonprofit legal organization Whistleblower Aid.
According to The Associated Press, the SEC asked Twitter in June about how to identify fake accounts and fundamental management judgments and assumptions.
Zatko was a security expert at Twitter from November 2020 to January 2022. He was fired from the company for ineffective leadership and poor performance according to a Twitter spokesperson.
A spokesperson said Jatko’s allegations were “misrepresentations about Twitter and its privacy and data practices” and that his opportunistic timing was designed to attract attention and damage Twitter. Musk recently filed a subpoena against former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey citing Twitter’s inability to provide information about fake accounts. Musk also said he declined to buy the company in July due to layoffs of managers and other employees.
