Tag: Patreon
Twitter fallout has many questioning the security, legitimacy of the platform
October 31, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO – The bird is out of the cage at Twitter after a weekend of chaos following Elon Musk’s arrival on the scene as the new owner of the social media platform.
Beginning on Oct. 27, Musk’s first act in his official capacity as the owner of Twitter was to fire CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and legal affairs policy chief Vijaya Gadde. Reports from both the Washington Post and Reuters seem to confirm that Musk’s team worked throughout the weekend in order plan...
Patreon fires entire security team
September 9, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO – Professionals in the IT and cybersecurity world have raised their eyebrows after Patreon quietly fired their entire security team this week.
The news came following a LinkedIn post from a former Patreon security team member on Sept. 8. “So for better or worse, I and the rest of the Patreon Security Team are no longer with the company.” Emily Metcalfe wrote. “As a result I'm looking for a new Security or Privacy Engineering role and would appreciate...