Twitter Whistleblower Testifies on Privacy, Security Failures | WSJ Tech News Briefing

Twitter’s former head of security testified before Congress on Tuesday, telling a Senate committee the company had failed to protect users and had put profit ahead of data security.

WSJ social-media reporter Alexa Corse joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how Peiter Zatko’s testimony could affect Twitter and legislative efforts to rein in social-media companies.

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[TL-fesi]

1:40 hearing this while reading through the comment section, I thought she's asking Amazon's bot for a comment on this matter😂

[AzazelsWings]

If he was so concerned... I'm just curious why he didn't care till he was fired? Didn't seem to have a problem till then.

[davenz]

The only question that needed to be asked was "Mr. Zatko, what percentage of Twitter accounts are bots?".

[asingc]

Maybe just me, but when she introduce that WSJ reporter Alexa, my house went crazy. I am sorry but can the name Alexa be bleeped out?

[dontchawanttoknow]

That’s not new. Been that way for years.

[jamesrichmond]

It requires money to make money. This is the best secret I have ever discovered we don't make money we EARN and MULTIPLY money

[rogerr]

Like a repeat of Donald Trump trying to pull a fast one we got your number

[auro]

zatko now rich selling twitter user data to wsj

[ALT-vzjn]

I know this type of company; their IT security is underfunded and ignored. This poor guy probably had big plans to improve their data security when he got hired, but it was too expensive so he got the boot. Glad he exposed Twitter. Too many companies get away with hiding obsolete cyber security and privacy measures.

[gogrape]

So Musk is correct in his assessment...

[McBain]

I thought it was Steve Carell standing trial..

[therienacevedo]

Todo Twitter es mio me tienen q pagar trillones