Twitter's Summer of Discontent Continues With Impending Senate Hearing, Employee Attrition

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Bad news for Twitter and its founder Jack Dorsey hasn’t stopped in the immediate aftermath of the bombshell regulatory complaint filed by Peiter Zatko (aka Mudge), in which the former Twitter security chief alleges deceptive statements and appalling security practices at the company. A series of developments yesterday underscore that Twitter’s summer of discontent is only beginning, while Dorsey, who has been focused on his financial app forays, could be increasingly distracted by security woes at his new companies.

Zatko to testify before Senate panel

First, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced that Zatko will testify on September 13 about his allegations of security failures at the social network. The lawmakers said in a statement that in addition to the hearing, they would “take further steps as needed to get to the…