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Twitter names famed hacker ‘Mudge’ as head of security – Sydney Morning Herald

Twitter is appointing one of the world’s best-regarded hackers to tackle everything from engineering missteps to misinformation.

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Social media giant Twitter, 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 mis-steps to misinformation.
The company on Monday (US time) named Peiter Zatko, widely known by his hacker handle Mudge, to the new position of head of security, giving him a broad mandate to recommend changes in structure and practices. Zatko answers to CEO Jack Dorsey and is expected to take over…

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