Ex-Twitter exec claims in lawsuit he was fired for raising security concerns

(Reuters) — A former executive at Twitter Inc., now called X Corp., has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired after Elon Musk acquired the company for objecting to budget cuts that would prevent the company from complying with a U.S. government settlement over its security practices. Alan Rosa, who was Twitter’s global head of information security, filed the lawsuit late Tuesday in New Jersey federal court alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and retaliation, among other claims. X Corp. did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mr. Rosa claims that late last year, after Mr. Musk acquired the company, he was told to cut his department’s budget for physical security by 50% and to shut down software that enabled Twitter to share information with law enforcement agencies around the world. Mr. Rosa says he objected because the cuts would put Twitter at risk of violating a $150 million settlement it entered into earlier in 2022 with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which claimed Twitter had misused users’ personal information. The agreement required Twitter to implement privacy and information security controls to protect confidential data. He was fired days after raising those concerns, according to the lawsuit. Mr.
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