On Monday, Twitter named Peiter Zatko, famously known as Mudge, to the new position of head of security. Under an increased threat of regulation and severe security breaches, the social media giant appoints Zatko, one of the world’s best-respected hackers, to handle everything from engineering transgressions to misinformation.
Zatko’s recent stints include overseeing security at the electronic payments unicorn Stripe and special projects at Google. He also oversaw handing out grants for projects on cybersecurity at the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research and Projects Agency.
Zatko’s career started in the 1990s when he conducted classified work for a government contractor. He was also one of the leaders of Cult of the Dead Cow, a hacking group infamous for releasing Windows hacking tools in order to goad Microsoft into improving security
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