If it happens here, or here, or here, or anywhere that matters, america is watching on cspan, powered by cable. The former head of security for twitter is accusing he is he testified before the Senate Judiciary committee after publishing a whistleblower complaint last month that alleged widespread security failures including the inability to properly monitor employee access to private data. He is also known by the hacker name mudge. He was fired after working there for a little more than two years. Witter place in outsize role in politics, and even culture itself. In july 2020, two teenagers hacked into the accounts of twitter employees, gaining access to a number of high profile accounts, including now President Biden and former president obama. Those teenagers scammed twitter users out of more than 100,000 in bitcoin. In response, that then ceo of twitter turned to a trusted name in the world of cybersecurity to lead an overhaul of twitter security practices. We want to take you to l
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this meeting of the Senate Judiciary committee will come to order. In 2006, the new social networking platform marked its debut when jack dorsey posted a message that he was just setting up my twitter. At the time dorseys startup which allowed users to share short messages was a novelty but in the coming years it would become increasingly a source of news and social discourse as it gathered millions of users around the world. Twitter now plays an outsized role in politics, culture and even democracy itself. As twitter has grown, so the risk posed by bad actors looking to exploit its opportunities in the data it holds. In july 2020, two teenagers hacked into the accounts of twitter employees gaining access to a number of highprofile accounts including now President Biden and former president obama. Those two teenagers then sent a series of tweets and scammed twitter users out of more than 100,000 in coin. In response, then ceo twitter
Disclosure detailing alarming allegations about twitter security practices. Without objection, his disclosure will be entered into the record. The name is peter. Thank you for joining us. You are here to serve a subpoena, so that the public can hear the details of your disclosure. Youve alleged a number of security flaws and weaknesses within, flaws that may pose a direct threat to the safety and privacy of twitters hundreds of millions of users as well as Americas National security. This actually began in 20 11 when the ftc, the federal trade commission, first concluded that twitter was playing fast and loose with user data. They found that twitter had deceived customers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information. The company was ordered by the ftc to protect the security, privacy, confidentiality and integrity of user data. But you have claimed those changes have never been made. And more broadly, you have alleged that compared to other companies
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