Twitter had part of its source code leaked on the web, according to court documents accessed on Sunday (26) by The New York Times. The material was published anonymously on Github, but removed from the air at the request of Elon Musk’s company.
A document requesting actions under the Digital Millennium Acta US law that protects copyright, revealed that Leaked information included “proprietary source code for Twitter’s internal platform and tools”.
It is possible that the content was leaked months before being removed from the air, since the Github profile responsible for the incident – listed as “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” (“free speech enthusiast”, in free translation) – has a single contribution for the hosting platform dating back to the month of January.
Twitter filed a lawsuit in California, its host city, to try to identify the person responsible for the theft of the source code and to obtain information regarding users of the platform who may have downloaded the leaked content.
According to Bloomberg, a court document sent by Twitter orders GitHub to reveal names, addresses, phone numbers, email, social media profiles and IP addresses of users who downloaded the source code.
GitHub has not yet commented on the matter, leaving open the possibility of meeting Twitter’s requirements or not. The social platform apparently had its advisory dissolved following the acquisition of Elon Musk, and now, the press is faced with an automatic message that contains a poop emoji when trying to contact the company.
Persons familiar with the matter told the The New York Times what is there suspects that the person responsible for the leak is a former employee of Twitterwhich makes identifying the suspect even more complicated, since many employees were fired last year shortly following Musk took office.
