Part of Twitter's source code was apparently leaked by a disgruntled programmer

Date:
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:04:12 +0000

Description:
Culprit remains anonymous, despite Twitters best efforts at revealing their identity via the US District Court.

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Court filings have revealed that parts of Twitters source code had been
leaked online for a time and hosted on popular code repository Github.

Per the New York Times (NYT), Twitter filed a copyright infringement claim to have the code removed the same day.

The NYTs sources at the company suggest that the individual responsible is an ex-employee, caught up in the mass firing orchestrated by Twitters newest
CEO, former richest person in the world and current unpleasant oddball Elon Musk, who took over the company last October for an eyewateringly silly $44 billion. Whack-a-mole

Its unclear how long the leaked code was publicly available, in addition to the scale of the leak, or the portions of Twitter that may be affected.

A company executive speaking to the NYT expressed concerns about new vulnerable endpoints in Twitter, and potential privacy concerns due to threat actors potentially accessing user data.

Also on the companys mind is the as yet unknown identity of the ex-employee, made much harder to ascertain given that the company has lost 80% of its
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Following Twitters Github takedown request, it reportedly also sought the US District Court to order Github to reveal the identity of the leaker and those who accessed the code before it was taken down.

Though details are thin on the ground, its unlikely that this request went anywhere, because previous attempts at what Engadget calls court-sanctioned doxxing have failed. Heres our list of the best code and text editors right now



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/part-of-twitters-source-code-was-leaked-by-a-di sgruntled-programmer-apparently


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