💬 Quoted…​​ “It’s not far-fetched to say that an employee inside the company could take over the accounts of all of the senators in this room.”

Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s former security chief, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, marking his first public comments since his whistleblower complaint was made public last month.

• Over the course of his 2+ hour testimony, Zatko alleged that Twitter was “10 years behind” industry data security standards, had a freewheeling approach for allowing employees to access user data, and prioritized profits over addressing security concerns.

+In other Twitter news: The company’s shareholders formally approved Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition offer, which represents a ~30% premium on Twitter’s closing stock price.

🏠💰 Stat of the Day: The median US household income in 2021 was $70,800, per new census figures published yesterday, down slightly from $71,200 the previous year.

🌎 Around the World: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Uzbekistan later this week, marking their first in-person meeting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in late February.

🤯 Did You Know?... A typical airplane (think, Boeing 747) gets ~0.2 miles per gallon, which averages out to between 50 MPG and 100 MPG per passenger.

📖 Worth a Read: The Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Disrupting NFL Analytics → (WSJ)