Twitter Tells US Senator It's Cutting Ties To Swiss Tech Firm

Twitter told a U.S. senator it is cutting ties with a European technology company that helped it send sensitive passcodes to its users via text message. From a report: The social media firm said in a disclosure to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, that it is 'transitioning' its service away from working with Mitto AG, according to a Wyden aide. A co-founder of Mitto operated a service that helped governments secretly surveil and track mobile phones, according to former employees and clients, as Bloomberg News and London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported in December. Twitter cited media reports as the motivating factor behind its decision, the Wyden aide said. Several other companies have allegedly already cut ties with Mitto. In recent weeks, messaging companies Kaleyra and MessageBird have both ceased commercial relationships with Mitto, according to three people familiar with the matter.

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