Twitter says two security team leaders are leaving the company

Twitter said on Friday that its security chief is no longer at the company and that its chief information security officer will leave in the coming weeks.

comes after shakeup Twitter co-founder jack dorsey Stepped down as chief executive in November, handed over reins to top deputy Parag Agarwal, who has since reorganized the social media company’s leadership structure.

Twitter did not specify whether the departures were voluntary.

Peter Zatko, a famous hacker known more widely as “Mujh”, was appointed security chief in 2020 after Twitter suffered a security breach that left hackers, including billionaires, public. Tweeting from verified accounts was allowed for statistics. Bill Gates And Tesla CEO Elon Musk,

The New York Times first reported the departure of Jatko and the upcoming departure of Rinki Sethi as CISO earlier on Friday. Jatco and Sethi could not be immediately reached for comment.

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