A burn notice. Twitter officials ordered a high-profile whistleblower to destroy records as part of a separation agreement, according to Elon Musk 's lawyers, who made the allegations in newly unsealed court documents. According to a Bloomberg report on Monday, the court documents claim that former Twitter security chief, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, burned 10 handwritten notebooks and deleted about 100 computer files. The court filings, part of Twitter's court case seeking to force Musk's $44 billion purchase of the company, were submitted before Musk tentatively agreed last week to close the takeover deal at the originally agreed upon price.