Parts of Twitter source code leaked online, company takes legal action: report

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The internal probe revealed whoever leaked the code left the company last year, the two people told the Times.

GitHub agreed to immediately remove the content after Twitter sent over a copyright infringement notice, though it’s unclear how long the code was online.One concern tied to the leak is the code includes security vulnerabilities that would give hackers the chance to steal user data or take down the site, two people briefed on an internal probe Twitter is conducting told the Times.

The internal probe into the leak determined whoever published the code left the company last year as executives handling the investigation were only recently made aware of the leak, two people briefed on the investigation told the Times.The leaker appeared to go by the name “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” on GitHub, Twitter’s legal filing reportedly said.

 

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Twitter also asked a federal court to force GitHub to reveal who shared the code and to identify any other people that downloaded it, according to the filing. 🧐🧐

Does Elon not have to promise to release the Twitter code?

Can we have some activist hackers take this whole fucking site down please.

It's been on GitHub for months now

Scorned ex employee

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