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Famous hacker 'Mudge' appointed as Twitter's head of security

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Micro-blogging site Twitter has appointed famous hacker Peiter Zatko who is known as 'Mudge', as its new head of security. He will head the social media giant's security and recommend changes in structure and practices. Mudge will directly report to CEO Jack Dorsey and will take over management of key security functions after a 45- to 60-day review. He previously worked at the electronic payments unicorn Stripe.