WASHINGTON: Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the former head of security at Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N), will testify before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on September 13 regarding claims made in his whistleblower complaint that the social media giant deceived authorities.
According to a spokesperson for Zatko, the senator’s complaint has already been discussed with the staffs of the chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and the staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Zatko accused Twitter of falsely asserting that it had a strong security plan and making misleading claims about its defences against hackers and spam accounts.
