Twitter says source code was leaked on GitHub, now it’s trying to find the culprit

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Twitter says source code was leaked on GitHub, now it’s trying to find the culprit
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An ex-employee is thought to be to blame.

As well as asking GitHub to take down the code, Twitter submitted a court filing in California in an attempt to find the person responsible, and to get information on any other GitHub users who may have downloaded the data.that the filing asked the court to order GitHub to reveal users’ names, addresses, telephone numbers, emails, social media profiles, and IP addresses.

A spokesperson for GitHub did not respond to questions about whether it would comply with Twitter’s request to supply identifying information, and an email sent to Twitter’s official press address received an auto-generated poop emoji in response. , Twitter executives suspect that an employee who left the company last year may be responsible for the leak.

shortly after taking control of the social media network. Fears that departing employees might attempt to sabotage the business on their way out have reportedly led Twitter to implement code freezes ahead of layoffs.

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