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Twitter whistleblower reveals staff concern that China agent could collect user data | The Straits Times

September 14, 2022
Source: straitstimes.com straitstimes.com
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WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Investigation informed Twitter Inc of at least one Chinese agent working at the company, US Senator Chuck Grassley said during a Senate hearing on Tuesday where a whistleblower testified, raising new concerns about foreign meddling at the influential social media platform. Mr Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, a famed hacker who served as Twitter's head of security until his firing in January, said some Twitter employees were concerned that the Chinese government would be able to collect data on the company's users. Twitter has come under fire previously for lax security, most notably in 2020 when...
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