Accusations are running wild at the Delaware Court of Chancery, where the fate of Twitter Inc. TWTR is being debated.
A new claim by Twitter’s defense denies allegations by Elon Musk that Twitter had forced whistleblower Peiter Zatko — a key element in Musk’s defense — to burn sensitive documents after failing to buy his silence.
The Twitter-Musk lawsuit in a nutshell: Twitter sued Elon Musk after the Tesla Inc TSLA founder backed out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform, accusing the company of not providing clear enough information on the number of fake “spam” and bot accounts.
Zatko, a well-known hacker and cyber security specialist was hired in 2020 as Twitter’s head of security and fired in January 2022. Zatko became a whistleblower for Twitter’s security issues and testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last month, when he said "the company's cybersecurity failures make it vulnerable to exploitation, causing real harm to real people."
"Twitter leadership is misleading the public, lawmakers, regulators and even its own board of directors," said Zatko.
Zatko’s allegations fit like a glove on Musk’s case for backing out of the acquisition deal based on the company’s irregularities and has called Zatko to testify. Zatko could become a witness for the Musk-Twitter lawsuit if the case comes to trial.
For now, Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick has put the case on hold and established a new deadline...
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