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technology3 years ago•3 min saved

Twitter's Source Code Leaked Online Amid Layoff Spree and Valuation Drop

Portions of Twitter's source code were leaked on GitHub, and Twitter is trying to force GitHub to identify the user or users who posted the code. The leaker may have been one of the roughly 5,500 employees who left Twitter via layoff, firing, or resignation after Elon Musk bought the company. Twitter executives are concerned that the code includes security vulnerabilities that could give hackers or other motivated parties the means to extract user data or take down the site. Twitter sent a DMCA takedown notice and asked a federal court to issue a subpoena to obtain the user's identifying information.

via Ars Technica|

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technology3 years ago•1 min saved

Twitter takes legal action after source code leak gives hackers access to user data.

Parts of Twitter's source code were leaked online, including security vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to steal user data or take down the site, according to an internal probe. Twitter took legal action to have the leaked information removed from GitHub and asked a federal court to reveal who shared the code and identify any other people that downloaded it. The leaker, who went by the name "FreeSpeechEnthusiast" on GitHub, left the company last year. Elon Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion in October, has faced turmoil since becoming CEO.

via New York Post |

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