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[ad_1] A parliamentary panel questioned top Twitter officials over a whistleblower's revelations on India opsNew Delhi: A parliamentary panel questioned top Twitter officials over a whistle-blower's revelations on its India operations, and gave them a dressing-down as their replies on issues of data security and privacy were "not satisfactory", sources said.The officials from the company, however, refuted the whistle-blower's allegations and denied there was any data security breach in India, the sources told Press Trust of India.Top Twitter executives, including Senior Director (Public Policy) Samiran Gupta and Director (Public Policy) Shagufta Kamran, deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology chaired by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Fr...

[ad_1] Former Twitter security chief Peiter Mudge Zatko alleges that the company had hired an Indian government agent and given him unfiltered access to data. Controversies surrounding Twitter keep unfolding every few days and the latest one is rather a shocker. Former Twitter security chief Peiter Mudge Zatko, who was recently fired by Twitter's Parag Agarwal, has filed a new whistleblower report that makes some wild claims. Zatko in his report now claims that the Indian government had forced Twitter to hire an agent and give the person access to all user data.In a report by The Washington Post that talks about the allegations made by Zatko, it is said that, “Zatko's complaint says he believed the Indian government had force...

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Parliament Panel Grills Top Twitter Officials Over Whistleblower’s Claims

Twitter hired an Indian Govt agent who had access to all user data, says former security chief