In a letter to Twitter dated Monday, Musk’s lawyers pointed to the allegations from the company’s former head of security, asserting that if the claims are true, Twitter has breached the merger agreement. The allegations were revealed by The Washington Post and CNN last week.
The embattled deal has been taken to court in Delaware after Musk originally filed to end his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter in July, saying Twitter hadn’t given him enough information about the company’s business. Twitter then sued Musk to finish the deal. A trial is scheduled for October.
In revelations reported by The Post last week, Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, also known as Mudge, alleged that the company has “extreme, egregious deficiencies” in its security practices. Zatko alleged that Twitter violated the terms of a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission by falsely claiming that it had a solid security plan.
Twitter has pushed back on Zatko’s allegations, saying last week that they appeared to be “riddled with inaccuracies.” The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Musk’s letter, but filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission acknowledging it had received it.
Musk’s lawyers called the letter to Twitter an “additional termination notice in the event that the July 8 Termination Notice is determined to be invalid for any reason.”
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