Twitter Inc. paid a whistle-blower who raised concerns about operational problems within just the social media platform $7 million to protected his silence, in accordance to a lawyer for Elon Musk. The payment was described in passing at a Sept. 6 hearings in the lawsuit in between Twitter and Musk in excess of his tries to cancel a $44 billion acquire of the business. “They’re paying the guy $7 million and building guaranteed he’s quiet,” Musk lawyer Alex Spiro mentioned at the hearing. Persons common with the matter confirmed the reference was to a payment to whistle-blower Peiter Zatko. Twitter representatives Thursday declined to remark about the payment to Zatko,…