FBI warned Twitter about Chinese agent working at company, whistleblower alleges

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Here's why the Twitter whistleblower testimony likely delighted Elon Musk.

report last month, claim thousands of Twitter employees have access to user data and insist some workers have intentionally installed spyware on their computers at the request of external parties. He quoted the late author and activist Upton Sinclair to explain Twitter leadership’s alleged ignorance about the issues: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Hart Building on Tuesday.In his testimony on Tuesday, Zatko alleged Twitter officials “don’t know what data they have, where it lives, or where it came from, and so, unsurprisingly, they can’t protect it.” He also claimed Twitter may knowingly have foreign agents on its payroll, leaving users’ data susceptible to malicious use by foreign governments.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, shared some details of that allegation during the hearing Tuesday, including Zatko’s claim the FBI notified Twitter of “at least one Chinese agent in the company.” Zatko said Twitter higher-ups seemed “unwilling to put the effort in” to find and block the agent from accessing user data.

Zatko also testified that Twitter may be understating the number of fake accounts, or"bots," on its platform. That’s a significant, albeit unsurprising, allegation for a few reasons. As Morgan Jerkins recently

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Heck gives Musk a out..I don't think he really wanted Twitter anyway just grandstanding

Whistleblowers are the new American heroes!

Anybody ever post some derogatory comment about Trump and then get a virus emailed to you? Well, how'd they get the email? Employee?

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Because 80% of twitter are bots pushing the democrat deranged narrative

Why, because we learned that 80% of Twitter users are from OUTSIDE HE UNITED STATES and Twitter has been lying! 😂 you’re a pathetic weaponized “News” network!

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