Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has yet again taken his thoughts on Twitter's actions to the exact same platform. He pointed out how the board did not disclose spam prevalence to the public in a thread posted on Twitter.
Elon Musk Shares About How The Board of Twitter Allegedly Knew About Bots and Spam Actual Numbers
As seen on the thread, Musk initially shared a photo of Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio with the words "Give a little whistle." After the tweet, a screenshot was shown of an article from The Washington Post detailing what happened.
Elon Musk's caption to the post was that spam prevalence was "shared with the board, but the board chose not disclose that to the public." The screenshot of the article highlighted that four people that were familiar with the processes for spam detection of the company told the publication regarding more bots and spam beyond the number supplied to Wall Street.
So spam prevalence *was* shared with the board, but the board chose not disclose that to the public … pic.twitter.com/lXk48TFZL1
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 23, 2022
Four People Said that there were More Prevalences than Those Being Reported to Wall Street
The four people reportedly gave their takes on the situation on the condition that they remain anonymous when describing sensitive internal matters. They stated that the company actually keeps numerous internal tallies when it comes to spam and bots.
These internal tallies are reportedly called "prevalence" and were more than what was being reported to Wall Street. The Post was also able to get an internal document "which was redacted to hide the numbers."
Zatko Said Nearly Half of Employees had Access to Sensitive Personal Data
The internal document showed that the "spam prevalence" was a number that the board knew. The document was given to the board during a meeting with Zatko, an ex-Twitter executive who also alleged reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies as per CNN.
As per a follow-up tweet to Musk's post, other accusations by Zatko were also highlighted. Zatko said that nearly half of the total 7,000 Twitter "or so full-time employees" actually had unmonitored access to sensitive personal data from users.
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Zatko Even Came After Agrawal and Alleged He Urged Him to Not Give a Full Accounting of the Security Problems
The data included phone numbers, addresses, and other important information along with how the software internally worked. As per CNN, Zatko was previously let go from the company due to what was claimed to be "poor performance."
As per Zatko, however, the decision to whistleblow came after he tried to flag certain lapses to Twitter's board and even help the platform fix years of technical shortcomings and what was described as "alleged non-compliance with an earlier privacy agreement with the FTC.
Zatko even came after Parag Agrawal, the CEO of Twitter as of press time after following the exit of Jack Dorsey. He alleged that Agrawal and others repeatedly tried to discourage him from providing "a full accounting of Twitter's security problems to the company's board of directors."
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Written by Urian B.
