{"id":1620319,"date":"2022-08-23T12:12:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1620319"},"modified":"2022-08-23T12:12:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:12:31","slug":"cause-of-concern-foreign-spies-have-infiltrated-twitter-whistleblower-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cause-of-concern-foreign-spies-have-infiltrated-twitter-whistleblower-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cause Of Concern:\u2019 Foreign Spies Have Infiltrated Twitter, Whistleblower Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcause-of-concern-foreign-spies-have-infiltrated-twitter-whistleblower-claims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1620319&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2013-11-07T000000Z_710922933_GM1E9B70SUK01_RTRMADP_3_TWITTER-IPO-scaled-e1661266133978.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Peiter \u201cMudge\u201d Zatko, Twitter\u2019s former head of security, said the company was vulnerable to spies and had been warned by the government that one or more of its employees were working for foreign intelligence services, according to CNN Business.<\/p>\n<p>Zatko sent a disclosure to Congress in July alleging that employees have too much access to users\u2019 private data with minimal oversight and raised the possibility of the company employing spies, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/23\/tech\/twitter-whistleblower-peiter-zatko-security\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/23\/tech\/twitter-whistleblower-peiter-zatko-security\/index.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1661352803511000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0h9EU9Fb6LagkUuq1DPY1T\">reported<\/a>. He also accused Twitter\u2019s executives of misleading the board about security vulnerabilities he claimed could lead to spying, hacking and disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>The claims of possible foreign spies are bolstered by a recent case in which former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/09\/tech\/former-twitter-employee-conviction\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found<\/a> guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia Aug. 9.<\/p>\n<p>Zatko also claimed Parag Agrawal, the company\u2019s then-chief technology officer and current CEO, proposed that the company comply with Russia\u2019s demands that would further open the door to foreign censorship and surveillance in 2021. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/17\/terrorism-trans-activists-censorship-sex-changes-libs-of-tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Terrorism\u2019: Trans Activists Push For Censorship Of Discussions On Child Sex Changes)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that Twitter\u2019s current CEO even suggested Twitter become complicit with the Putin regime is cause for concern about Twitter\u2019s effects on U.S. national security,\u201d Zatko said in his disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>Zatko\u2019s disclosure also claimed Twitter was understating the prevalence of fake and spam accounts on the platform known as bots, an issue Elon Musk has pointed to in his attempts to walk back his purchase of the company. Musk had similarly claimed Twitter was hiding how many bots were actually on the site and said bots worsened the consumer experience and hurt the value of the company, a claim Twitter has denied.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter\u2019s poor security practices include giving thousands of employees access to the company\u2019s controls and not tracking who\u2019s had access to what information, Zatko alleged. The company also does\u2019t delete all of the information it\u2019s supposed to and has misled regulators about it, he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Whistleblower Aid, the group that represented Facebook whistleblower Francis Haugen in her campaign for censorship of disinformation on social media, is also representing Zatko, according to CNN. Zatko was fired in January for poor performance, soon after the company received a tip from the U.S. government about possible spies working there, but he claims he was actually let go because he had tried to flag security issues for the company\u2019s board.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Musk lawyer Alex Spiro said they want to talk to Twitter whistleblower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have already issued a subpoena for Mr. Zatko, and we found his exit and that of other key employees curious in light of what we have been finding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donie O\u2019Sullivan (@donie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donie\/status\/1562056198425288704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment, but a Twitter spokesperson denied the accuracy of Zatko\u2019s accusations in a statement to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen so far is a false narrative about Twitter and our privacy and data security practices that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context,\u201d the spokesperson told CNN. \u201cMr. Zatko\u2019s allegations and opportunistic timing appear designed to capture attention and inflict harm on Twitter, its customers and its shareholders. Security and privacy have long been company-wide priorities at Twitter and will continue to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peiter \u201cMudge\u201d Zatko, Twitter\u2019s former head of security, said the company was vulnerable to spies and had been warned by the government that one or more of its employees were<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1620319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}