Former top executive says Twitter hired India agent; firm denies

India forced Twitter to hire one of its agents as a full-time employee who then had unsupervised access to the company’s systems, the former head of security at the social media firm has said in a whistleblower complaint filed with American authorities.

The complaint by former head of security Peiter Zatko, first reported by the Washington Post and CNN, makes a litany of other serious allegations against Twitter’s leadership, including current chief Parag Agarwal who is accused of lying to shareholders about the extent of security vulnerabilities.

Twitter has denied Zatko’s allegations, and described them as a false narrative.