Elon Musk Attacks Twitter Deal Over Whistle-Blower as Feud Escalates
- Former Twitter security head raised questions about user data
- Twitter lawyers say Musk’s case is “invalid and wrongful”
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Lawyers for Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. are sparring over how a whistle-blower’s accusations could affect the outcome of Musk’s proposed $44 billion takeover of the social media platform.
In a securities filing on Tuesday, lawyers for Musk said the allegations by Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s ex-head of security, including claims of “egregious deficiencies” in the platform’s defenses against hackers and privacy issues, meant that Twitter had breached the terms of the merger agreement.