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Whistleblower: China, India had agents working for Twitter

Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko testifies to a Senate Judiciary hearing examining data security at risk on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in Washington. [AP Photo]

Twitter's former security chief told Congress Tuesday there was "at least one agent" from China's intelligence service on Twitter's payroll and that the company knowingly allowed India to add agents to the company roster as well, potentially giving those nations access to sensitive data about users.

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