What better way to strengthen a company's security than to hire someone familiar with bypassing it? That appears to have been Twitter's reasoning for hiring well-known iOS hacker Charlie Miller.
Miller, a mobile security expert who has made a name for himself with hacks of Apple's iPhone, naturally tweeted the news today of his new position on Friday. He will join the micro-blogging site's security team on Monday.
According to a Twitter spokeswoman, Miller's official title will be Software Engineer, but no further details about his duties are available.
Forbes reported that Twitter's interest in Miller has been rumored since last winter. The gossip is that Miller will be used by the company as a full-time penetration tester looking for and fixing vulnerabilities.
