Subj : Part of Twitter's source code was apparently leaked by a disgrunt
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Mar 27 2023 13:15:03

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 
staff under new leadership. Read more 

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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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