security, former hacker hired after the infamous hacks of celebrity and politician accounts in 2020. he filed a complaint with the justice department, fcc and sec accusing twitter of misleading regulators, investors and users including some serious lapses in protecting user data allowing too much access to foreign governments and accusing one or more employees of actually working for foreign intelligence. he is blaming twitter executives for trying to cover up the company s vulnerabilities. twitter said this man was fired from his role in january of this year for what they call ineffective leadership and poor performance. adding what we ve seen so far is a false narrative about twitter and our privacy and data security practices. now the whistleblower pointing a finger at the current twitter ceo for the mismanagement and also important to note that the man was hired by the former twitter ceo jack dorsey who was
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 ftc and the department of justice. may i ask your name. mudge. reporter: zatko is better known in the hacking world by his nickname mudge. he s been a renowned cybersecurity expert for decades. his roots are in hacking, figuring out how computers and software work. reporter: that expertise might be why jack dorsey then ceo of twitter hired zatko after the company was hit by a massive attack in 2020, when hackers took over the accounts of some of the world s most famous people. mudge is one of the top fiber fix executives at the company. reporter: he s represented by john tye who founded whistle-blower aid, the same group that represented facebook whistle-blower frances haugen. they re taking this seriously. reporter: twitter is pushing back, saying zatko is p
privacy and data security practices. the whistleblower says the current ceo praagh agoer wall is responsible for the mismanagement and cover-up. important to know that zarate co-was hired by former ceo jackk dorsey who he says was disengaged with the company. he doesn t have the resources or really the ability to fully account for the number of fake accounts or bots on the platform musk tweeting this afternoon the spam was shared with the board the board chose not to disclose that to the public. musk s legal team has also reportedly subpoenaed the whistleblower to testify in the upcoming october court trial in delaware. bret? susan, thank you. bret: in america s crime crisis tent a grand jury in atlanta has indicted two dozen
false narrative about twitter and our privacy and data security practices. the whistleblower says the current c.e.o. is responsible for not only mismanagement, about you also the cover-up and also important to note that he was hired by the former c.e.o. jack dorsy, who was extremely disengaged in his final year at the company. the complaint also suggests twitter does not have the resources or the ability to fully account for the number of fake accounts or bots on the platform, as you know, central to elon musk s case to try to walk away from the twitter takeover deal. reports say musk s lawyer has already subpoenaed the twitter whistleblower for that upcoming trial in october, john. john: there do seem to be a lot of bots on twitter, no question about that. sandra. sandra: radical groups in the u.s. are spreading vladimir putin s propaganda, according to the feds who have charged a russian national with infiltrating u.s.-based fringe
it undermines the incumbent in the general election. thank you so much. we ll be watching closely. the house oversight committee will investigate the use of reproductive health data collected by technology firms. three democratic lawmakers sent letters to a handful of data companies requesting a lot of documents and information on their data security practices. let me read you part of this letter. quote, the collection of the sensitive data could pose serious threats to those seeking reproductive care, as well as to providers of such care, not only by facilitating intrusive government surveillance, but also by putting people at risk of harassment, intimidation and violence. joining me is one of the authors of the letter, congressman, thank you very much for the time. i read through the letter this morning and you guys seem very worried, given the history of a lot of big tech companies with handling private data, but also your concern seems to center on the sharing of the data gathe