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

Parts of the crucial computer code that keeps Twitter up and running were leaked online, the Elon Musk-led company said in a legal filing Friday. The leak came to light after the social media company took legal action to have the information about the code taken off GitHub, an online platform for software development, according to the New York 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. The Times reported it appeared to have been public for several months. 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. Twitter also asked a federal court to force GitHub to reveal who shared the code and to identify any other people who downloaded it, according to the filing. The internal probe into the leak determined that 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
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