Elon Musk has won a victory in his legal battle against Twitter to pull out of his $44bn purchase of the social media company, after a Delaware judge said she would consider recently revealed whistleblower allegations by Twitter’s former security head as part of the case.
Following a three-hour hearing on Tuesday, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery agreed to allow the billionaire Tesla chief to amend his complaint to include claims brought by former executive Pieter Zatko against Twitter.
Zatko, who was fired by Twitter earlier this year and is represented by Whistleblower Aid, filed a complaint to US authorities in early July alleging that the social media group had misled users and regulators about its lax cyber security practices.