The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly looking into how Twitter (now X) handled a security issue in 2018 that led to users’ personal information being exposed. The bug allowed people to view email addresses when passwords were reset, potentially exposing user identities, according to Bloomberg. The report notes that the SEC has been investigating whether those in charge of the company at the time properly disclosed the flaws to shareholders and put proper controls in place.
Attention was drawn to the flaw last year while Elon Musk was trying to wriggle out of his commitment to buy Twitter. Musk asserted that Twitter had long been contending with operational issues (it has had to deal with multiple security incidents over the last five years) and that it hadn’t properly protected user data.
Just as Musk was attempting to wash his hands of his takeover bid, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security, flagged a number of concerns about the company to…
2023-10-10 15:54:59
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