Tag: Jack Dorsey
Senate Judiciary Committee to hear testimony on Twitter security failings
September 12, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Sept. 13, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing discussing a whistleblower's claims that were made against Twitter earlier this year.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) announced in late August that they would be holding a full committee hearing to examine allegations made in July by Twitter ex-security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko of that company’s alleged security failures.
“Mr. Zatko’s...
Twitter CEO receiving annual security detail, practice not uncommon
May 10, 2016SSN Staff
SAN FRANCISCO—Last year, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey received more than $68,500 in security services, an amount that is not that uncommon for large companies, according to an article that appeared in Fortune magazine.
Citing a Twitter filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Forbes said Twitter paid $68,506 for Dorsey's “residential security and protective detail” in 2015, and paid more than $43,000 for the same security services for previous CEO Dick Costolo, according to...