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Bombshell Whistleblower Complaint. Twitter's ex-head of security,

Peter Zatko, alleges the company misled the FTC over its security plans did not protect users and

more bad stuff, quoting the Washington Post.

The complaint from former head of security, Peter Zatatko a widely admired hacker known as

Mudge depicts Twitter as a chaotic and runnerless company beset by infighting

unable to properly protect its 238 million daily users including government agencies, heads of state, and

other influential public figures.

Among the most serious accusations in the complaint, a copy of which was obtained by the

Washington Post, is that Twitter violated the terms of an 11-year-old

settlement with the Federal Trade Commission by falsely claiming that it had a solid security plan.

Zatko's complaint alleges he had warned colleagues that half the company's servers were running out of date and vulnerable software

and that executives withheld dire facts about the number of breaches and lack of protection for user data

instead presenting directors with Rosie Charts measuring

unimportant changes.

The complaint filed last month with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department

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