by Ryan Lovelace at The Washington Times
Twitter reportedly paid a multimillion-dollar settlement earlier this summer to a former executive who is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about security failures at the social media platform.
After months of wrangling over lost compensation since his firing earlier this year, Twitter agreed in June to pay $7 million to Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Mr. Zatko, in turn, agreed to a nondisclosure agreement that prevents him from publicly discussing his time at Twitter as the company’s top security official but allows him to talk to Congress and file whistleblower complaints with the government. His complaints to the government alleged Twitter has violated rules and laws. He made disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice.
The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Mr. Zatko following news of his whistleblower disclosure becoming public. A Democratic aide shared details of the disclosure with news outlets.
The subpoena compelled Mr. Zatko to testify on Tuesday…
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