Musk’s legal team to fire whistleblower Peter Zatko in the Twitter case

The subpoena, filed Thursday and publicly filed on Monday, comes days after Zatko publicly whistled at the social media company, alleging it did. Serious Weaknesses in Privacy and Security It could put users, investors, and US national security at risk. The time for disclosure is accidentally caughtWhich is take a lawsuit From Twitter (TWTR) Which seeks to force him to pursue his $44 billion deal to buy the company, after he tried to terminate the agreement over allegations that Twitter has more spam and fake bot accounts than it publicly discloses. The case is due to go to trial in October.

In the disclosureZatko claimed that Twitter does not have an accurate count of the number of spam and fake bot accounts on its platform and that the company has little incentive to do a full count of these accounts, allegations that could taint Musk’s claims. Twitter has criticized Zatko and widely rebutted his allegations, saying the disclosure paints a “false narrative” about the company and is “full of contradictions and inaccuracies.”

Musk’s attorney, Alex Spiro, told CNN last week that they had summoned Zatko in the case even before his complaint was made public. in court session In the case last Wednesday, Spiro mentioned Zatko several times. Spiro suggested during the hearing that the billionaire team does not trust Twitter’s estimate of spam accounts and daily active users (mDAU), a key metric it provides to investors, and said Musk’s team is asking for information that would allow them to test the metrics.