Twitter's security woes are far from over.
A new Twitter whistleblower alleges in a complaint filed in October the platform hasn't fixed security problems even after pledging to do so following a major breach in 2020. That year, teenagers hacked the accounts of politicians, celebrities and other high-profile figures, including former President Barack Obama and tech billionaire Elon Musk to spread a cryptocurrency scam. Twitter said publicly in a blog post that it limited access to its internal systems and tools while it investigated the attack.
The whistleblower, a former Twitter engineer, is concerned about an internal program that allows employees to tweet under any account. One Twitter employee estimated that roughly 4,000 employees had access to this program, once known as "GodMode." The existence of the program shows that "Twitter's public statements to users and investors were false and/or misleading," the anonymous whistleblower states in the 24-page complaint. Nonprofit law firm Whistleblower Aid filed the complaint to the Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Justice.
"Our client has a reasonable belief that the evidence in this disclosure demonstrates legal violations by Twitter," the complaint said.
The Washington Post, which interviewed the whistleblower, reported earlier on the allegations. The former Twitter employee, who requested anonymity because of harassment and safety concerns, told The Post that Twitter created the "GodMode" program so...
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