• Musk attorney Alex Spiro got an email in early May from from someone "looking for a job."
• The sender was a former executive of Twitter. Other details suggest it may have been Peiter "Mudge" Zatko.
• The judge overseeing Twitter's case against Musk said it's "plausible" Zatko was the sender.

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A person who's description matches Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko emailed Elon Musk's personal attorney asking for a job a few days before the billionaire announced he was pulling out of his acquisition of the company.

Certain contents of the email were revealed in an affidavit filed Wednesday by Alex Spiro, a longtime attorney for Musk, who has been part of the troubled $44 billion deal.

The email, sent May 6 from a ProtonMail account "Twitter TransitionTeamX" offered to "'support Elon's Twitter transition' by looking for a job," according to the affidavit. It also offered to "communicate via alternate secure means" and said the sender was "a former exec at Twitter leading teams directly involving Trust & Safety/Content Moderation."

Zatko spent a year as Twitter's chief information security officer, although he didn't directly oversee Trust & Safety and Content Moderation. A spokesperson for Whistleblower...

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