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Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko on Tuesday alleged that the microblogging platform knowingly allowed India to add agents to the company's roster potentially providing the country with access to sensitive data about users on the platform, while "at least one agent" from China's intelligence service was employed by the company. In his testimony before the US Senate Committee, Zatko claimed that Twitter is putting the privacy of its users at risk, adding that the company's leadership ignored its engineers, while…

These were some of the troubling revelations from Peiter “Mudge" Zatko, a respected cybersecurity expert and Twitter whistleblower who appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to lay out his allegations against the company. Zatko told lawmakers that the social media platform is plagued by weak cyber defenses that make it vulnerable to exploitation by “ teenagers, thieves and spies" and put the privacy of its users at risk. “I am here today…

Whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko accuses CEO Parag Agrawal, senior executives and board members of numerous violations, in testimony to US Senate Judiciary Committee. Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko arrives to testify at a Senate Judiciary hearing examining data security at risk, in Washington, US.…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter’s lack of internal security controls was such that the company was simply unable to detect agents of foreign intelligence services who had infiltrated the company, former security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko says. Zatko made the claims in testimony given to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, in a hearing on Twitter’s data security practices. Opening questions from Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) quickly homed in on claims…

Ride-hailing major Uber has overhauled its safety toolkit, and riders can now get help, via phone or text, from a live safety agent from home security company ADT in the US in case they need to.When a call or text exchange is requested, the agent can monitor an ongoing trip, stay in contact through the duration of the trip, and even reach out to 911 on the user's behalf.The company has also expanded the availability of a feature enabling customers to text 911."After tapping on the safety shield, riders will see large…

This photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows an ancient Egyptian artifact. Federal agents in Memphis have seized the potentially 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian artifact that was shipped in from Europe. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they intercepted the Egyptian canopic jar lid of the funeral deity named Imsety on Aug. 17, 2022. The jars were used to hold the internal organs of mummies. Credit: U.S. Customs and Border…

Selling a property can be one of the most stressful things you ever do. It’s usually combined with buying a new one, and the whole process of moving home is one you won’t be keen to repeat too often. Traditionally, in order to sell your home, you’d ask a few local estate agents to come and value it and then pick one to sell it for you. In return for their services they typically charge a small percentage of the sale value. But even 1.5% of £300,000 is £4,500, which is a lot, and a figure that may be better spent on…

Democrats’ new climate, health care, and tax package — known as the Inflation Reduction Act — includes nearly $80 billion in new funding for the Internal Revenue Service, which is supposed to help the chronically underfunded agency staff back up and boost enforcement measures to collect unpaid taxes from wealthy Americans. The funding has become a political flashpoint in recent days among conservatives and some business groups, who have falsely claimed that the IRS will use the money to hire an “army” of 87,000 new…

The U.S Government announced recentlythat it would be placing a ban on the Ethereum coin mixing service Tornado Cash.The reason for the ban:Tornado Cash allows users to make private Ethereum transactions by pooling together large volumes of transactions and mixing them to prevent tracking. The site is popular among privacy-minded crypto enthusiasts but it’s also used by hackers looking to launder their ill-gotten gains. Bad actors like the North Korea backed Lazarus Group are specifically cited as having a particular…

Jeffrey Coolidge | Photodisc | Getty ImagesAs the Democrats' spending plan moves closer to a House vote, one of the more controversial provisions — nearly $80 billion in IRS funding, with $45.6 billion for "enforcement" — has raised questions about who the agency may target for audits.IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said these resources are "absolutely not about increasing audit scrutiny on small businesses or middle-income Americans," in a recent letter to the Senate.However, with the investment projected to bring in…