Who is Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko? The whistleblower who accused Twitter of cyber malpractices

Former Twitter head of security Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko has nudged the US federal regulators that the company has put “extreme, egregious deficiencies” in its handling of user information and spam bots. This development comes a day after Elon Musk has dragged former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to court as part of the ongoing litigation with the social media company. The Twitter co-founder has been asked for documents and agreements to buy the company and about spam accounts on the platform, according to a copy of the subpoena viewed by Reuters.

According to a joint report by CNN and The Washington Post, Zatko in a scathing whistleblower complaint stated that the microblogging platform has deceived users, board members and the federal government about the strength of its security measures.