Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/17803651 (240425ZNOV22) Notable: Grassley to Musk/Q
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>>103749 part 1
...which these students were able to circumvent Twitter’s security protocols in order to obtain
access highlights the weaknesses in Twitter’s security.4
According to Mr. Zatko, Twitter has already been infiltrated by foreign agents.5
In his testimony, he revealed that the FBI recently notified Twitter that they had at least one Chinese
agent on the payroll.6 Separately, Mr. Zatko told the Committee that he believes that the
Republic of India was able to place at least one foreign asset within the company.7
He also testified to Twitter’s lack of concern over foreign agents being on the payroll when he recalled a
specific conversation with a Twitter executive in which they reportedly said, “Well, since we
already have one, what does it matter if we have more? Let’s keep growing the office.”8
In the hands of a foreign agent embedded at Twitter, a foreign adversary could use their
access to personal data to track down pro-democracy dissidents within their country or spy on
Americans. This has actually happened in the past. In 2019, two Twitter employees were
indicted by the Department of Justice for using their position at Twitter to access private user
data and give it to Saudi Arabia.9
These foreign agents were able to access and provide personal
information on more than 6,000 individuals of interest to the Saudi government.10
Mr. Zatko also informed the Committee that a foreign agent could use impermissibly
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