{"id":48136,"date":"2022-08-24T12:11:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/91bfbb22-1d32-434d-a252-812699fdb04f"},"modified":"2022-08-24T12:11:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:11:24","slug":"peiter-mudge-zatko-cso-turned-whistleblower-says-twitter-security-was-in-a-shambles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/peiter-mudge-zatko-cso-turned-whistleblower-says-twitter-security-was-in-a-shambles\/","title":{"rendered":"Peiter &#8216;Mudge&#8217; Zatko: CSO-turned-whistleblower says Twitter security was in a shambles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"c-shortcodeImage u-clearfix c-shortcodeImage-large\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_imageContainer\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_image\"><picture class=\"c-cmsImage\"><!----> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/peiter-mudge-zatko-cso-turned-whistleblower-says-twitter-security-was-in-a-shambles\/\" alt=\"twitter-logo-11.jpg\" height=\"836.16\" width=\"1200\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p> <!----><figcaption> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Image: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former chief of security at Twitter has filed a whistleblower testimony that its physical and digital security systems for protecting user privacy and moderating content suffered extreme deficiencies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peiter &#8216;Mudge&#8217; Zatko was hired as Twitter&#8217;s chief security officer by company co-founder Jack Dorsey in November 2020, but was terminated in January 2022 by current CEO Parag Agrawal, who assumed that role after Dorsey stepped down in November 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zatko filed his <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22186782\/whistleblower_disclosure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">86-page redacted report<\/a> to the Securities and Exchange Commission in July. The report suggests Twitter security was in a shambolic state in 2021, some 10 years after the Federal Trade Commission settled with Twitter over security deficiencies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-shortcodePinbox-textList c-shortcodePinbox-textList_floating g-border-thin-light-bottom g-outer-spacing-top-medium g-outer-spacing-bottom-medium\">\n<h3 class=\"c-sectionHeading\">ZDNET recommends<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Amongst the claims in the report is the suggestion that, in 2021, over half of Twitter&#8217;s 500,000 data center servers were running non-compliant kernels or operating systems, and that many of them couldn&#8217;t support encryption at rest on the servers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/these-are-the-biggest-cybersecurity-threats-make-sure-you-arent-ignoring-them\/\" rel=\"follow\">These are the biggest cybersecurity threats. Make sure you aren&#8217;t ignoring them<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report also suggests that more than 30% of employee computers had &#8220;disabled software and security updates&#8221;, there was no mobile device management (MDM) system for employee phones, and that staff were &#8220;virtually unmonitored&#8221; for the risk of insider threats. Despite this, Zatko claims about half of Twitter&#8217;s 10,000 employees were given access to sensitive live production systems and user data.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Another claim made by Zatko relates to Twitter&#8217;s data center capabilities: according to the former CSO, Twitter faced a cascading data center failure in spring 2021 that was &#8220;on the verge of taking Twitter offline for weeks, months or permanently&#8221;. Zatko says he had warned the board months earlier and that Argawal had misled the board.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter also lacked development and testing environments for new code, Zatko claims, meaning engineers &#8220;use live production data and test directly on the commercial service, leading to regular serve disruptions.&#8221; On January 6, 2021, the day of the attack on the US Capitol Building, Zatko says all engineers had access to Twitter&#8217;s production environment, and yet there were no logs for record system access.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Zatko has accused Twitter of making false and misleading statements to users about the platform&#8217;s security, privacy and integrity. He claims that, in December 2021, Argawal instructed him to provide misleading documents regarding &#8220;vital information security natters&#8221; to Twitter&#8217;s board of directors. Zatko also says Twitter was complicit with foreign government requests to exploit, surveil and censor Twitter&#8217;s platform, staff and operations.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter says Zatko&#8217;s report is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies, and that he was terminated for &#8220;ineffective leadership and poor performance&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/23\/23318002\/twitter-bots-lawsuit-elon-musk-mudge-zatko-ceo-agrawal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">via The Verge<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3>Bots and $44 billion bids&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p>Zatko is well-known in the cybersecurity industry. Before joining Twitter, he held senior cybersecurity roles at Google, Stripe, and within the Department of Defense&#8217;s DARPA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His report may affect Elon Musk&#8217;s ongoing legal battle with Twitter over Musk cancelling his $44 billion takeover bid over claims Twitter has a bigger bot problem than it admits. Argawal claims less than 5% of Twitter accounts are bots. However, Zatko claims senior executives at Twitter earn bonuses for growing mDAU (monetizable daily active Twitter users), not for weeding out bots and spam.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Argawal knows very well that Twitter executives are not incentivized to accurately &#8216;detect&#8217; or report total spam bots on the platform,&#8221; the report reads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/these-are-the-cybersecurity-threats-of-tomorrow-that-you-should-be-thinking-about-today\/\" rel=\"follow\">These are the cybersecurity threats of tomorrow that you should be thinking about today<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FTC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2011\/03\/ftc-accepts-final-settlement-twitter-failure-safeguard-personal-information-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">settled with Twitter in 2011<\/a> to resolve charges that Twitter deceived consumers about privacy by failing to protect their personal information. Hackers had gained control of the Twitter platform twice in 2009, according to the FTC&#8217;s complaint. The settlement ordered Twitter to have a comprehensive information security program to identify, prevent, detect and respond to cyberattacks. The terms of the consent order are in effect until March 2031.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mudge reportedly found Twitter had made little progress on security since the FTC&#8217;s consent order. In the year prior to Zatko&#8217;s appointment at Twitter, the company was hacked by teenagers who got employee passwords by calling some of them and asking for them. It gave the attackers access to Twitter&#8217;s admin panel and give them near-free rein over the platform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-shortcodePinbox-textList\">\n<h3 class=\"c-sectionHeading\">ZDNET recommends<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/peiter-mudge-zatko-cso-turned-whistleblower-says-twitter-security-was-in-a-shambles\/#ftag=RSSbaffb68\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former head of security at Twitter details its many alleged security failings, from access control, to smartphones, desktops, servers, and the company&#8217;s data center.<br \/>\nREAD MORE 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