Elon Musk has filed an up to date discover to kill his $44 billion Twitter acquisition by citing whistleblower Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s former head of safety. In a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Musk alleged that Twitter “has not complied with its contractual obligations” because of the “extreme, egregious deficiencies” alleged by Zatko.

Musk filed his preliminary bid to terminate the acquisition settlement on July twelfth due to “false and misleading representations” made by Twitter, alleging that it “dramatically” understated the variety of spam and faux accounts. Twitter sued Musk in July to pressure him to honor his settlement, saying that he “apparently believes that he… is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk way.” Musk filed a countersuit later that month. 

With the up to date submitting, Musk’s attorneys mentioned that Zatko has revealed “additional and distinct bases to terminate the merger agreement,” and that Twitter was in “material noncompliance” with its FTC obligations. Specifically, they mentioned that Twitter is “uniquely vulnerable to systemic disruption resulting from data center failures or malicious actors,” one thing the corporate “ignored and sought to obfuscate.” 

Yesterday, Musk subpoenaed Zatko for a deposition on September ninth, requesting supplies associated to how Zatko’s tenure at Twitter ended and what inventory, if any, he owns within the firm. It additionally requested paperwork which will point out any criminality by Twitter. Twitter and its CEO Parago Agrawal have disputed Zatko’s assertions, specified by a prolonged whistleblower grievance towards the corporate. 

A court docket case between Musk and Twitter is ready to go to trial in October. On prime of that, US Senate and Congressional committee leaders introduced that have been investigating Zatko’s claims, saying they “raise serious concerns” in regards to the firm’s safety and different points.