whistle-blower peiter zatko's claims were sent to congress and several federal agencies.or poor performance and his allegations and opportunistic timing appear designed to capture attention and inflict harm on the company. >>> the white house is leaning toward the cancellation of up to $10,000 in student loan debt, sources say the plan would offer forgiveness for borrowers who earn less than $125,000 per year. >>> california governor gavin newsom vetoed a bill that proposed allowing some cities to open supervised drug injection sites in an effort to stem the rise of deadly overdoses. newsom says he has concerns about the unintended consequences. >>> extreme drought conditions this summer unearthing tracks of a 60 foot dinosaur in texas. yes, the set of tracks discovered at the aptly named dinosaur valley state park in glen rose, texas. park officials say they date back 113 million years. >>> tom brady returning to the tampa bay buccaneers monday after an 11-day absence from training camp. brady was excused from the team for personal matter, but honestly there are very few

peiter zatko that the lack of security raised concerns concerns over the chinese and indian governments having access to user information. >> i think it speaks to the larger problem we have with big tech, in general. these are large companies with immense amount of power. they have been able to invade user privacy and their largely unaccountable. the the community does not control the community standards on these these platforms. that is something that really needs to change, or i think these problems are going to persist. >> twitter is pushing back. in a a statement obtained by cbs news, they say the opportunistic opportunistic timing are designed to inflict harm on twitter, it's customers and shareholders. the complaint also also had a bunch of claims about about fake users or box. that is is something we heard a lot about in elon musk's bid right now to try to get out of his plan to buy twitter. we know that musk 's lawyers have subpoenaed the whistleblower. we we will stay on top of it. >> it will be fascinating to see see what, if anything, is revealed. > >> we have a sad update to

peiter zatko's whistle—blowing testimony, which has been passed to the us regulators, could have serious says mr zatko's allegations are "inaccurate and inconsistent". it says he was sacked in january for what it called "ineffective leadership and poor performance". 0ur north america technology reporter — james clayton — has this assessment. we can now speak to chris pierson, who's the ceo of blackcloak, a company which provides cybersecurity solutions to high—profile clients. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc world news. this is potentially quite a blow for twitter, is it not? it potentially quite a blow for twitter, is it not?- twitter, is it not? it is. i think there _ twitter, is it not? it is. i think there are - twitter, is it not? it is. i think there are really . twitter, is it not? it is. i i think there are really three different issues twitter has in front of it. number one isjust its own internal security and the protections around all the user data. that is probably the biggest issue. the second is the information has been passed on to others, such as the ftc, the sec

peiter zatko is a very well respected — he's saying.white hat hacker. he's saying. peiter zatko is a very i well respected white hat hacker who has been in the game for decades and is known more commonly as his hacker handle mudge and he was head of security for two years which ended in january security for two years which ended injanuary and he has security for two years which ended in january and he has filed security for two years which ended injanuary and he has filed a complaint about security lapses at twitter and in a document published by the washington post and the cnn yesterday, 82 pages, he lets all the things twitter has been doing it wrong with security. the top things were the fact most employees at the company seem to have access to the keys to the castle of twitter so back control panel that can access everyone's twitter account and basically change things and we saw a big hat in 2020 where hackers got hold of that control panel and took over at high profile accounts like barack obama, joe biden, bill gates and other cel

well, peiter zatko is a legend here in san francisco. he has the nickname mudge. and now you have this kind of extraordinary situation where the former head of security is alleging all sorts of things about twitter. now he's saying things about security that, for example, many twitter employees hold personal information about users that they shouldn't have. but the really damaging accusations here are about bots, because what he alleges is that twitter has far more fake accounts and spam accounts than it acknowledges. and he also says that bonuses are paid handsomely to undercount those fake accounts. why does that matter? because that is exactly what elon musk alleges he is trying what elon musk alleges. he is trying to pull out of buying twitter, $41; billion worth of the company, and he alleges that bots are much higher than twitter has publicly stated. now you have the former head of security saying exactly the same thing. that is hugely damaging for twitter. twitter, however, say that peiter zatko was fired from the company and that there are many inconsisten

we have asked mudge, peiter zatko and his lawyer many times, do they have anything to do with musk, they, this is bigger than him, we began this process long before there was ever talk of musk taking over the company. >> it has been an incredible 48, 50 hours since you broke this sitting right in that chair, donie. one of the things that you learned, there is a kind of january 6th connection to all of this. >> yeah. so this was -- working at twitter on january 6th, 2021, when he saw all that was happening he thought, what if there are people at twitter that are sympathetic to the rioters, what if they want to pose an attack to the company and we have the piece from the disclosure here where mudge, zatko asks, not knowing if there would be acts of internal protests alined with the rioters, he looked into seeing how can we lock our systems down? and what he says he learned on january 6th that day was they couldn't lock the systems down in a way this if one employee went rogue couldn't cause major damage. also coincidentally, he got offered a job from the biden administration -- >> what job

peiter zatko accuses the company of extreme and egregious deficiencies in its efforts to limit fake accounts and hacking attacks. he he also says executives made misleading statements to users, investors and government officials. he was fired in january. today a company spokeswoman said his complaint was riddled with inconsistencies inconsistencies and inaccuracies. > >> this comes as elon musk tries tries to scrap a takeover deal for similar issues. > >> let's look at the u.s. stockmarket this afternoon. the dow jones is in in the red 110 . 110 points. > >> new government data shows a drop in sales of new homes. they they declined more than 12% in july compared to a month earlie. month earlier. that was for the second consecutive month with the decline. reporting to the department of housing and urban, urban development, prices keep rising. the new cost is $440,000. the average interest rate for a fixed mortgage rate is about 35% throughout july. > >> elected leaders in santa clara county want to get the word out to busi a program in the office of labor standards and enforcement focuses mos

this is someone who is very high up, former twitter head of security peiter zatko, alleging the social media giant's leadership misled its own board, and government regulators about security vulnerabilities that could potentially open the door for foreign spying, hacking and disinformation campaigns. those are stunning, serious claims sent to congress and several federal agencies last month. our very own cnn correspondent donie o'sullivan sat down with him to talk about this. here's the story. >> reporter: ready? >> yes. >> reporter: why are you coming forward? >> all my life i've been about finding places where i can go, and make a difference. >> reporter: this is peiter zatko, until january of this year he was head of security at twitter, but now he's a whistle-blower, and he says twitter security problems are so grave, they are a risk to national security and democracy. >> twitter is a critical resource to the entire world. i think it is an extremely important platform. >> reporter: he handed over information about the company to various u.s. law enforcement agencies, the fcc, the f

a former senior executive at twitter, peiter zatko, has presented allegations to the us regulators claiminghat the online platform misled them about security problems. he has said they placed personal user data, and potentially us national security at risk. twitter has denied the allegations. polls have closed on a day of primaries in several us states that could set—the—tone for november's mid—term elections. the democrat representative, charlie crist has won the primary in the us state of florida. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to a special edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. it is six months since vladimir putin ordered a multi—front military invasion of ukraine. he set in motion a war which has already taken a terrible human toll and had profound consequences for european security, big power relations, and the world economy. putin calculated it was an aggression he could get away with. six months of interviews with key players may help you decide if he was right. in late 2021, us and uk intelligence made it clear russia was massing a major fighting force along ukraine's eas

. >> reporter: the report was fild by peiter zatko. he was fired as security this year. the report was filed with the ftc any clais ftc any claims twitter like to e ftc about strengthening user se. strengthening user security. and and that nearly half of twitter's employees have access to some of the main critical co. the main critical controls. he says the lack of security rate concerns over the chinese and indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian go he also had accusations about how twitter mishandled fake accounts. the issue of fake accounts has been a sticking pot been a sticking point in elon musk's been to take over the platform. must and twitter are said to court later this year. zatko has already been subpoend by musk's loggers. >> this is particularly importa. the whistle

the headlines — a former senior executive at twitter, peiter zatko, has presented allegations to thes regulators claiming that the online platform misled them about security problems. he has said they placed personal user data and potentially us national security at risk. twitter has denied the allegations. washington is set to announce its largest single, military—aid package for ukraine — as the country prepares to mark independence day. the united states is also urging its citizens to leave ukraine — after warning that russia is planning to step up attacks on civilian buildings around independence day. polls have closed on a day of primaries in several us states that could set the tone for november's mid—term elections. the democrat representative, charlie crist has won the primary in the us state of florida — while counting is taking place in oklahoma and new york. now on bbc news, on this week's travel show, lucy hedges heads for the big outdoors, as the usa celebrates the 150th birthday of yellowstone national park. on herjourney, she encounters grizzly bears, wolves and bison,

peiter zatko from the complaints last month with the u.s. curate ease and exchange commissions. federal trade commission and the department of justice among his more serious accusations is that twitter violated the terms of a 2011 ft. it's ftc settlement by falsely claiming that it had put stronger measures in place to protect the security and privacy of its users. also accuses the company of deceptions involving its handling of spam or fake accounts. an allegation that is at the core of elon musk's attempt to back out of the twitter takeover legal nonprofit whistleblowers aid is working with sacco. its founder says that co has made all of allegations public after trying all he can to resolve his concerns. internal internally. this was a last resort for him. i mean, he worked hard inside the company to get these addressed, that he's worked with facts. >> one of the elements of the disclosure is after he was fired. he was asked to produce a report for the board of about some of these issues, which he did without pay without access to any of systems because they are even higher. z

. >> reporter: the report was fild by peiter zatko. he was fired as security this year.e ftc about strengthening user se. strengthening user security. and and that nearly half of twitter's employees have access to some of the main critical co. the main critical controls. he says the lack of security rate concerns over the chinese and indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian governments having acces. indian go he also had accusations about how twitter mishandled fake accounts. the issue of fake accounts has been a sticking pot been a sticking point in elon musk's been to take over the platform. must and twitter are said to court later this year. zatko has already been subpoend by musk's loggers.

peiter zatko�*s whistle—blowing testimony — which has been given to the us authorities — could have seriouscompany. twitter says mr zatko�*s allegations are inaccurate and inconsistent. it says he was sacked in january for ineffective leadership and poor performance. our north america tech reporterjames clayton has this assessment. twitter�*s ceo had a nickname for him, mudge. this is a really senior person and he is alleging all sorts of things going on at twitter. the key one for me is botts. he is saying that twitter deliberately under counts how many bots it has. now, elon musk is trying to buy the company, or least he was. he then pulled out, saying that twitter had done just that, undercounted the box. now you have someone inside the former head of security, saying exactly that. there is a court case in october where twitter are going to try and force elon musk to try and buy the company. this is brilliant use for elon musk. he hasn't literallyjust for elon musk. he hasn't literally just weeded, for elon musk. he hasn't literallyjust weeded, and literally just weeded, and emql literal

a former senior executive at twitter, peiter zatko, has presented allegations to the us regulators claiming potentially us national security at risk. twitter has denied the allegations. polls have closed on a day of primaries in several us states that could set—the—tone for november's

peiter zatko has filed complaints with several govtd agencies, accusing twitter of dangerous lapses in cyber security, including those fake accounts, bot accounts, saying those lapses, quote, threaten national security and democracy. twitter fired zatko in december. they deny his claims. but members of congress already taking notice tonight and this could impact twitter's legal fight with elon musk. >> when we come back on this busy news night, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi pleading guilty to his dui after his crash in california. and tonight, the sentence. even with higher stroke risk due to... afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin... i like that tune. eliquis. eliquis reduces stroke risk better than warfarin. and has less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis has both. don't stop taking eliquis without talking to your doctor as this may increase your risk of stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking, you m

peiter zatko was twitter�*s head of security before being sacked.le to foreign interference, spying and hacking. twitter has denied the accusations. for more on this, i am joined now by vivian schiller, former head of global news at twitter. great to get you on the programme. i suppose, in the first instance, you've worked at twitter as the chair of global news at the time, as i understand it. review surprised by these allegations? i i understand it. review surprised by these allegations?— these allegations? i suppose the best way for— these allegations? i suppose the best way for me _ these allegations? i suppose the best way for me to _ these allegations? i suppose the best way for me to phrase - these allegations? i suppose the best way for me to phrase it - these allegations? i suppose the best way for me to phrase it is l these allegations? i suppose the best way for me to phrase it is i | best way for me to phrase it is i was shocked but not surprised. of course these revelations were shocking and incredible disturbing, but i am not terribly,

the headlines — a former senior executive at twitter, peiter zatko, has presented allegations to thest single, military—aid package for ukraine — as the country prepares to mark independence day. the united states is also urging its citizens to leave ukraine — after warning that russia is planning to step up attacks on civilian buildings around independence day. polls have closed on a day of primaries in several us states that could set the tone for november's mid—term elections. the democrat representative, charlie crist has won the primary in the us state of florida —

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the software engineer, peiter zatko, who is better known by his hacker name "mudge," alleges twitterlead federal regulators about its cybersecurity defenses. on tuesday he spoke to cnn. [no audio] august 24, 1922, to working-class jewish immigrant parents in brooklyn. he died in 2010 at the age of 87 but his books continueo be read across the globe. at 18 years old, zinn began working as a shipyard worker and then joined the air force where he served as a bombardier in world war ii. after witnessing the horrors of war, howard zinn went on to become a lifelong dissident and peace activist. he was active in the civil rights movement and other struggles for social justice. he taught at spelman college in atlanta, the historically black college for women. he was fired for insubordination for standing up for student protesters. while at spelman, he served on the executive committee of sncc, the student nonviolent coordinating committee. after being forced out of spelman, zinn became a professor at boston university. in 1967 he published “vietnam: the logic of withdrawal.” it was the first

. >> reporter: first, a respected hacker known as mudge, peiter zatko became head of twitter securityl media giant deceived a federal regulator. >> he decided enough security, he cared enough about the platform that he was going to come forward. >> reporter: the complaint accuses twitter of violating a 2011 settlement by falsely claiming it has a faulty security plan. violations of s.e.c. rules and fraudulent misrepresentation in communications with the board of directors. zatko speaking with snan. >> large tech companies, you need to know what the risks are and they also need to have an appetite to fix it. >> reporter: twitter hired zatko after a high-profile hack in 2020 that compromised company accounts. the company said zatko was fired from his senior executive role for poor performance. what we've seen thus far is a false narrative riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies. >> twitter has become a de facto complaint. >> reporter: the complaint comes with the legal battle with elon musk who is trying to get out of a $44 billion platform arguing twitter has drastically underest

. >> well, what we know is the wimbledon in question is twitter's former head of security peiter zatko. he's a hacker who is known by the nickname mudge the contents of his written whistleblower complaint filed with federal agencies were confirmed to cnbc by zatko's legal team this morning. he says twitter misled the government about security and spam, violated an ftc settlement, running out of date software and withheld key facts about data breaches the company faced. too many employees, maybe thousands, had access not tracked well to the company's core software. that raises the prospect of disgruntled or malicious employees using the access for their own benefit or even if they're on a foreign government's payroll the complaint also says the company prioritized user growth over reducing spam and executives stood to make bonuses for themselves of as much as $10 million tied to increases in daily users, but not to decreases in spam. mudge was hired to twitter by jack dorsey but fired in january of this year a spokesperson for the senate intelligence committee tells cnbc that the commit

disclosure obtained by cnn and "the washington post" comes from twitter's former head of security, peiter zatko'ssure, zatko portrays a chaotic environment at a mismanaged company that allows too many staffers access to central

peiter zatko, former head of twitter security, former famous hacker and now a major name in the cybersecurity donie o'sullivan has this reporting. he joins us now. this is fascinating to listen to and see the fallout from already today. what did zatko tell you? >> there is a lot in this. i think what stands out for me really is what zatko is alleging is that twitter employees, thousands of them, have too much access to the kind of main critical controls at twitter. we all might remember 2020, the summer of 2020, there was a huge twitter hack, we saw biden, who was running for president at the time, his account was com compromised as was elon musk, kim kardashian, obama's. that was compromised by hackers, some of them were teenagers. the point that zatko is making, and his lawyer is making is if teenagers can do this, just imagine what nation states can do, what hackers from russia, china, elsewhere can do. i want to play for you some sound of zatko and his lawyer. >> your whole perception of the world is made from what you're seeing, reading and consuming online. and if you don't have an unde

this veteran cyber security expert peiter zatko known as mudge in the cyber security community said he board a big security report and instead claimed to write misleading security documents. this is putting twitter on defense. a spokesperson calling the whistleblower's account, quote, a false narrative that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context. i want to bring in a silicon valley correspondent for the "washington post," among the team that broke the story, writing that complaint and the words of your piece depicts twitter as a chaotic and rudderless company beset by infighting unable to protect its 238 daily million users including government agencies, heads of state and public figures. walk us through these allegations. that line describes what is at stake and the overall broader significance when it comes to the scope and scale of twitter and the public discourse. >> i'm smiling. we went back and forth so much on that line. it's a writing process. but multiple cooks. but what mudge is alleging even for someone like me that has covered social me

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the name is peiter zatko, and his allegations say ultimately he believes twitter is lacks on their securityonsibility to his efforts as chief of security to fix the problems he describes it as chaotic and rudderless company, with infig infighting the complaint is in a written document submitted to a variety of federal agencies, saying twitter misled about security and. it violated the settlement it engaged in earlier it warned colleagues that half 6 twitter's servers were running out-of-date software, and a number of data breaches inside the company, all because the executives were pushing to increase user numbers overall, not focused on security. here is what twitter told us about this "mr. zatko was fired for ink affective leadership and poor performance. we have seen a false narrative riddle with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context. the opportunistic timing appear to be designed to capture attention and inflict harm we reached out to the senate intelligence committee this morning. they say they are in receipt of this complaint as well, and they find this extraord

it is a whistle-blower complaint, twitter's former head of security peiter zatko claims the social media deceived federal regulators in the company's own board about extreme egregious deficiencies in defending against hackers and fighting spam. in the complaint, first reported by "the washington post," zatko accuses twitter of wide ranging security lapses, he claims employees had too much access to sensitive data that led to embarrassing hacks. he calls out the company for not fully deleting user data once an account is canceled and says twitter executives are incentivized to look the other way on bots by tieing $10 million bonuses to daily user accounts. in a statement, twitter tells abc news these claims are a false narrative about our privacy and data security practices that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies. they added that zatko was fired in january for ineffective leadership and poor performance. >> so, how can this impact the elon musk twitter deal? >> this is very interesting timing, right? it is raising a lot of eyebrows because musk, you recall, is to buy twitter

the whistleblower's name is peiter r ort that aired zatko.own online as mudge. he told cnn, in a report that aired today, twitter needs to take these risks seriously and address them now. >> your whole perception of the world is made from what you are seeing, reading, and consuming online and if you don't have an understanding of what is real, what is not, yeah, i think this is pretty scary. >> are you nervous? >> yeah. this wasn't my first choice. yeah, i just want to make the world a better place, a safer place. the levers i have to do it through security information and privacy. >> the whistleblower to cnn. now, twitter's ceo is responding. in a letter to staff obtained by cnbc, he describes that letter as, a formeier this year ineffective leadership and poor performance. the ceo added,r we are reviexe that was terminated earlier this year for ineffective leadership and poor performance. the ceo added, we are reviewing the redacted claim that had been published, but what we have seen so far is a false narrative that is riddled with inconsi

peiter zatco's whistleblowing testimony, which has been passed to the us regulators, could have serious consequences for the company. twitter says mr zatko'ss he was sacked in january for what it called ineffective leadership and poor performance. 0ur north america technology reporter, james clayton, has this assessment. peiter zatco is a legend here in san francisco, and has the nickname marge and the former head of security at twitter and the chief executive of twitter is to call him marge but things soured between the two. now we have this extraordinary situation where the former head of security is alleging all sorts of things about twitter —— mudge. he is saying things about security for example that many twitter employers have personal information about users that they should not have. the really damaging accusations here are about bots because what he alleges is that twitter has far more fake accounts and they allege. they also say that they are paid handsomely to undercount both fake accounts and why does that matter because that is exactly what elon musk is alleging. he is trying to pull out of the purchase of twitter and he alleg

complaint obtained by cbs news, peiter "mudge" zatco says there are "extreme, egregious deficiencies" inside twitter when it comes to "user privacy, digital, and physical security." zatkoked as twitter's head of security for two years before he was fired this past january. >> what he found inside this company was unlike anything he'd seen elsewhere. >> reporter: john tye is zatko's attorney. does he still believe that twitter users are still at risk? p>> absolutely. and that's why he, reluctantly, has decided to beome a whistleblower. the complaint details multiple respects at which the data, and individual users, are handled differently than twitter has said publicly. >> reporter: this latest blow comes as the website is engaged in a war with elon musk, who pulled out of buying twitter over concerns about the number of spam bots on the site. >> there was no coordination. we've never communicated with elon musk or his team. >> reporter: twitter said zatko was fired for poor performance, and said the complaint was riddled with inaccuracies. nikole killion, cbs news, washington. >> o'donnell: still ahead, why two atlanta officers won't face charges in the shooting death