Peiter Zatko, also known as Mudge, received $7.75 million from Twitter in a severance agreement that Elon Musk says violated a specific provision of his contract to buy Twitter.

Elon Musk’s legal team has subpoenaed former Twitter head of security and whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko to appear for a deposition in its legal fight against Twitter over their ...

The former hacker known as Mudge is once again on the move. Mudge, the alias for Peiter Zatko (pictured, center), was the former head of security back when X Corp. was known as Twitter.

Twitter’s former head of security, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, has accused his former employer of cybersecurity negligence in an explosive whistleblower complaint first obtained by CNN and The ...

In his first public appearance since he made a series of explosive accusations against Twitter in a whistleblower complaint last month, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the company’s former security ...

Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security turned whistleblower, alleges the company consistently hid negligent security practices, misled federal regulators about safety, and ...

Many of Silicon Valley’s fiercest watchdogs on Capitol Hill are now snarling. Yesterday’s arresting testimony by Twitter’s former security chief, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, has lawmakers in ...

Twitter whistleblower won hacker acclaim for exposing software flaws. From the L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow to DARPA and Google, Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko took unorthodox approaches to ‘make a ...