“One of the world’s best-regarded hackers”
On October 13, 2020, a Twitter executive emailed then-CEO Jack Dorsey to say, “Mudge signed.”
Dorsey’s hiring of Zatko was big news. Wrote Reuters, “Social media giant Twitter Inc, under increased threat of regulation and plagued by serious security breaches, is appointing one of the world's best-regarded hackers to tackle everything from engineering missteps to misinformation.”
Peiter "Mudge" Zatko (Getty Images)
“The company on Monday named Peiter Zatko, widely known by his hacker handle Mudge," wrote Reuters, “to the new position of head of security, giving him a broad mandate to recommend changes in structure and practices.”