Elon Musk cites whistleblower as new reason to exit Twitter deal
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Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed salvos at each other Tuesday in the latest round of legal filings over the billionaire Tesla CEO's aborted plan to buy the social media platform.
Musk filed more paperwork to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter, this time based on information in a whistleblower complaint filed by Twitter바카라 게임 웹사이트s former head of security. Twitter fired back by saying his attempt to back out of the deal is 바카라 게임 웹사이트invalid and wrongful.바카라 게임 웹사이트
In an SEC filing, Musk said his legal team notified Twitter of 바카라 게임 웹사이트additional bases바카라 게임 웹사이트 for ending the deal on top of the ones given in the original termination notice issued in July.
In a letter to Twitter Inc., which was included in the filing, Musk's advisors cited the whistleblower report by former executive Peiter Zatko 바카라 게임 웹사이트 also known by his hacker handle 바카라 게임 웹사이트Mudge."
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Zatko, who served as Twitter바카라 게임 웹사이트s head of security until he was fired early this year, alleged in his complaint to U.S. officials that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread disinformation
The letter, addressed to Twitter's Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde, said Zatko's allegations provide extra reasons to end the deal if the July termination notice 바카라 게임 웹사이트is determined to be invalid for any reason.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Billionaire Musk has spent months alleging that the company he agreed to acquire undercounted its fake and spam accounts, which means he doesn't have to go through with the $44 billion deal. Musk's decision to back out of the transaction sets the stage for a high-stakes legal battle in October.
In a separate SEC filing, Twitter responded to what it called Musk's latest 바카라 게임 웹사이트purported termination,바카라 게임 웹사이트 saying it's 바카라 게임 웹사이트based solely on statements made by a third party that, as Twitter has previously stated, are riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lack important context."
The company vowed to go through with the sale at the price agreed with Musk.