While he’s in the middle of a legal battle face Elon Musk, Twitter has to deal with another crisis after filing a complaint son former director of security in the United States. In this complaint, Pater Zatko, a notorious hacker also known as “Maj”, denounces the microblogging platform’s “extreme and egregious” security shortcomings. From son in addition, Twitter denied all accusations of son former head of security. “What we’ve seen so far is a false narrative about Twitter and our data privacy and security practices that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context,” the microblogging platform responded after Zatko’s Washington Post complaint. “Peter Zatko’s statements and son random timing appears, designed to draw attention and hurt Twitter, its customers and shareholders. Security and privacy have long been, and will continue to be, company-wide priorities at Twitter. In any case, these accusations are taken seriously in the US. What’s more, Peter Zatko is being called to testify before Congress. “Mr. Zatko’s allegations of widespread security breaches and foreign interference on Twitter are deeply disturbing,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Democratic Senator Richard J. Durbin and Republican Senator Charles E. Grassley said in a joint statement. “If true, these claims could pose dangerous privacy and data security risks to Twitter users around the world. »
These allegations are being investigated by European regulators, including the CNIL.
And in Europe, regulators are also interested in these revelations. For example, according to an article on the TechCrunch website, CNIL, the French regulator, is already investigating. “CNIL is currently investigating a complaint filed in the United States. At the moment, we cannot confirm or deny the veracity of the alleged flaws,” the French organization said, according to a US website. “If the allegations are substantiated, the CNIL may conduct checks that could lead to formal notification or sanctions if violations are found. If there are no violations, the procedure will be closed. And, like the CNIL, the Irish regulator is looking into the matter as well. “We became aware of the problems when we read articles mass media [hier] and we talked about it on Twitter,” said son the party indicated the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). You should be aware that the CNIL and DPC are mentioned in the complaint filed by the Washington Post. And if on Based on an analysis of the TechCrunch document, the French regulator could, in particular, examine elements such as the use of data for training artificial intelligence or the management of cookies (and consent) by the network. social.
