Tag: Peiter Zatko
Coming home to roost
October 11, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Another week, another grab bag of security topics to blog about with news of varying degrees of importance, but it’s all noteworthy.
Keeping with the theme of this week’s blog title we’re talking about Twitter again. Let me preempt this by saying, no, I’m not calling it “X”, and no, it’s not about who you think it is. It’s actually been roughly about a year since they last heavily featured in this blog space when Peiter Zatko testified in front of...
Senate Judiciary Committee to hear testimony on Twitter security failings
September 12, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Sept. 13, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing discussing a whistleblower's claims that were made against Twitter earlier this year.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) announced in late August that they would be holding a full committee hearing to examine allegations made in July by Twitter ex-security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko of that company’s alleged security failures.
“Mr. Zatko’s...