Catch up: Subpoenas in the Musk-Twitter legal battle.

As Elon Musk and Twitter barrel toward their trial in Delaware Chancery Court in October, Silicon Valley’s biggest actors — including Twitter’s former security chief, Peiter Zatko — have found themselves at the center of a subpoena frenzy.

Mr. Musk’s lawyers disclosed in a court filing Monday that they had subpoenaed Mr. Zatko, signaling that Mr. Musk may try to use Mr. Zatko’s accusations of false statements and security shortcomings at Twitter as part of his attempt to break an agreement he made to buy the social media company for $44 billion.

Mr. Zatko, who goes by the nickname Mudge in the security community, said in a whistle-blower complaint to regulatory agencies and the Justice Department that Twitter had misled the public, and Mr. Musk, about its security practices. Twitter’s executives strongly rejected the claims, which came to light last week.

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