 NEW DELHI: According to a whistleblower statement to US authorities, a former Twitter security head said that the Indian government pressured the social media company to hire a government agent.
Along with other security breach allegations at Twitter, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko brought up the matter with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
According to a redacted copy of the lawsuit, he claimed that Twitter’s lax security measures would have allowed the government agent access to sensitive user data.Requests for comment from the Indian IT ministry’s representatives were not immediately fulfilled.
