Elon Musk Urged by US Senator to Better Protect US Users’ Data: Here’s Why
Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, has been urged by the high-ranking US Senate Chuck Grassley to carry out a threat study at the social media company to better protect the data of American users, following the concerns raised by the report. Hacker Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a whistleblower who served as Twitter’s security chief until he was fired in January, testified in September that some Twitter employees were concerned that the Chinese government would be able to collect information about the company’s users.
In a letter to Musk dated Tuesday and released Wednesday, Grassley, the top Republican on the U.S. Judiciary Committee, called on Twitter to conduct a threat investigation into “Twitter’s current security posture and plans to better protect user data and privacy.” He also requested that committee staff be informed of the findings.
Thx to the whistleblower who knows Twitter has many security and privacy issues Now that Elon Musk has taken over he has a chance to fix these issues where his predecessor failed.
— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) October 23, 2022
“Twitter collects a lot of data about American citizens. Americans have an interest in ensuring that their private information is protected, and that the companies they entrust their private information to have not been hacked by foreign agents,” Grassley wrote.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Zatko previously alleged that Twitter misled the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about the company’s security measures as part of a 2011 settlement. The hacker also said that Twitter has serious security flaws affecting the platform, and that one or more employees are working on it. on behalf of foreign governments.
He pointed out that a foreign agent could use malware to steal Twitter users’ credentials, and use that to access sensitive information on that person’s phone, among other risks.
The memo reiterated some of the concerns raised in an earlier letter sent by Grassley and Democrat Dick Durbin in September to former CEO Parag Agrawal, who led the company until October, when Musk took over with $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,59,430 crore ). deals.
According to Grassley, Agrawal did not respond to the letter, citing charges with Musk.
© Thomson Reuters 2022
