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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Kari Paul

How Twitter’s whistleblower could boost Elon Musk’s legal battle

A portrait of Elon Musk against a blue background.
Elon Musk is engaged in a legal battle with Twitter after he attempted to back out of a $44bn deal to buy the company. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/AP

New whistleblower allegations of widespread security threats and spam concerns at Twitter may give Elon Musk ammunition in his fight to back out of a deal to buy the company.

On Tuesday, an 84-page complaint written by Twitter’s former security chief turned whistleblower, Peiter Zatko, alleged that Twitter prioritizes user growth over reducing spam, did not have a plan in place for major security issues, and that half the company’s servers were running out-of-date and vulnerable software.

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