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  • Bank of America accused by whistleblower of sharing nonpublic information, WSJ reports

    "We take complaints seriously and thoroughly investigate them," a Bank of America spokesperson told Reuters. "In instances where we conclude there has been inappropriate behavior, we take disciplinary action."

  • Hindenburg Research alleges SEBI chair Madhabi Puri Buch had stake in obscure offshore entities used in Adani scandal

    Hindenburg Research alleges SEBI chair Madhabi Puri Buch had stake in obscure offshore entities used in Adani scandal

    Hindenburg Research said that it suspects SEBI’s unwillingness to take meaningful action against suspect offshore shareholders in the Adani Group may stem from Chairperson Madhabi Buch’s complicity in using the exact same funds used by Vinod Adani, brother of Gautam Adani.

  • New Twitter whistleblower says privacy lapses continued into Musk era

    New Twitter whistleblower says privacy lapses continued into Musk era

    As many as 4,000 company employees could access an internal function nicknamed “GodMode” that allows them to take over private accounts and tweet – or delete tweets from them, according to a whistleblower complaint filed in mid-October, two weeks before Musk took over the company. It’s not clear if the problem has been resolved since the complaint was filed.

  • Man earning Rs 1 crore annually sues company for making him do ‘nothing’ at work

    Man earning Rs 1 crore annually sues company for making him do ‘nothing’ at work

    “I sit and I read the newspaper and I eat my sandwich...There are no emails associated with work, no messages, no communications, no colleague communications,” said Irish Rail employee Dermot Alastair Mills.

  • US whistleblower Snowden gets a Russian passport - TASS

    US whistleblower Snowden gets a Russian passport - TASS

    Snowden, 39, did not immediately reply to a message seeking comment on the report.

  • Facebook whistleblower launches nonprofit to solve social media harms

    Facebook whistleblower launches nonprofit to solve social media harms

    The former product manager at Facebook, since renamed Meta Platforms, made headlines last year after coming out as the source of thousands of leaked internal documents, which she said detailed the social media company's failures to protect teen girls on Instagram and clamp down on vaccine misinformation.

  • Twitter whistleblower cites security flaws before Congress

    Twitter whistleblower cites security flaws before Congress

    Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a respected cybersecurity expert, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to lay out his allegations Tuesday.

  • Twitter agreed to pay whistleblower $7 million in June compensation settlement

    Twitter agreed to pay whistleblower $7 million in June compensation settlement

    Whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, who was fired by Twitter in January and was the company's security head, last month accused the social media firm of falsely claiming it had a solid security plan and making misleading statements about its defenses against hackers and spam accounts.

  • Judge allows Elon Musk to add whistleblower claims to Twitter countersuit

    Judge allows Elon Musk to add whistleblower claims to Twitter countersuit

    A Delaware judge granted on Wednesday Elon Musk's request to add whistleblower claims to his Twitter Inc countersuit.

  • What is the whistleblower accusing Twitter of?

    What is the whistleblower accusing Twitter of?

  • Facebook after the whistleblower: Can Zuckerberg reboot the social network?

    Facebook after the whistleblower: Can Zuckerberg reboot the social network?

    The company is facing criticism from its own staff that its ‘growth at all costs’ culture is damaging individuals and society

  • Explained: All about Facebook's biggest controversy since Cambridge Analytica

    Explained: All about Facebook's biggest controversy since Cambridge Analytica

    The development also comes at a time when the social networking giant is under intense scrutiny across several countries including India over the outsized reach and influence it has over people.

  • Facebook encourages hate speech: Whistleblower

    Facebook encourages hate speech: Whistleblower

    Frances Haugen told television show 60 minutes that Facebook amplifies hate speech for profit

  • Facebook whistleblower to testify at US Senate hearing next week

    Facebook whistleblower to testify at US Senate hearing next week

    "This whistleblower's testimony will be critical to understanding what Facebook knew about its platforms’ toxic effects on young users, when they knew it, and what they did about it," Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, head of a subcommittee of the Senate commerce panel, said in a statement announcing the Oct. 5 hearing.

  • After the Oddfather, the Oddfounder: Elizabeth Holmes' fraud trial begins

    After the Oddfather, the Oddfounder: Elizabeth Holmes' fraud trial begins

    The cultivated persona and deception of Elizabeth Holmes, whose trial for fraud began on Tuesday, elicits comparisons to psycho-thriller characters and a peculiar mob boss

  • A whistleblower policy every central bank could adopt

    A whistleblower policy every central bank could adopt

    Central banks across the world should look at the European Central Bank whistleblower policy and bring themselves under a similar one. There are several benefits of such a policy

  • Class action suit against Infosys on whistleblower complaint stands dismissed

    Class action suit against Infosys on whistleblower complaint stands dismissed

    The lawsuit case was filed in October 2019 in the United States District Court against Infosys, its CEO Salil Parekh and CFO Nilanjan Roy after whistleblower complaint surfaced.

  • First whistleblower doctor succumbs to coronavirus; even in death China censors report

    First whistleblower doctor succumbs to coronavirus; even in death China censors report

    Dr Li Wenliang, was among the 69 confirmed deaths in Hubei province (where Wuhan is situated), PTI reported. On February 1, via Weibo he had posted about testing positive for the coronavirus

  • Infosys says not received any SEBI request for further audit in whistleblower case

    Infosys says not received any SEBI request for further audit in whistleblower case

    Earlier this month, Infosys had said its audit committee had found no evidence of financial impropriety or executive misconduct, virtually giving a clean chit to CEO Salil Parekh and CFO Nilanjan Roy who had been accused by anonymous whistleblowers.

  • SEBI likely to seek forensic audit of Infosys books amid whistleblower allegations

    SEBI likely to seek forensic audit of Infosys books amid whistleblower allegations

    Following the whistleblower complaints that emerged last year, the regulator had initiated a probe into the matter.

  • Infosys faces another lawsuit in US

    Infosys faces another lawsuit in US

    BSE has sought a clarification from Infosys on media reports that the company was facing another lawsuit in the US.

  • Infosys whistleblower probe to be completed by January

    Infosys whistleblower probe to be completed by January

    Whistleblowers have accused CEO Parekh and CFO Roy of cooking the books and concealing information from the board and auditors.

  • Why whistleblower 2.0 is a body blow to Infosys

    Why whistleblower 2.0 is a body blow to Infosys

    The current whistleblower letter is far more serious than the one in 2017

  • Why Sebi’s Rs 1 crore bait to trap insiders is unlikely to find any takers

    Why Sebi’s Rs 1 crore bait to trap insiders is unlikely to find any takers

    The reward offered is too hedged by conditions to be enticing to whistle-blowers

  • Whistleblowers to get EU-wide protection when reporting crimes

    Whistleblowers to get EU-wide protection when reporting crimes

    The reform introduces common procedures at EU level, revising an approach to whistleblower protection which has left the matter in the hands of 28 national authorities across the bloc.

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