Twitter’s former security chief tells Congress foreign agents are 'on the payroll' and can access...

A 51-year-old cybersecurity expert who worked for Twitter, Peiter Zatko, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee and testified that foreign countries had infiltrated the company’s employee ranks. He alleged these foreign agents were gaining unabated access to the personal information of Twitter’s 238 million daily users.

During his testimony, Zatko claimed his former employer has weak cybersecurity which could expose users to international intelligence operations, including those of China, India, and possibly Russia.

"I am here today because Twitter leadership is misleading the public, lawmakers, regulators and even its own board of directors," Zatko said in his opening remarks, after being sworn in by the committee.