Parts of Twitter source code leaked online on GitHub

Some parts of Twitter Inc’s source code have been leaked and the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk is seeking information on the person responsible, a legal filing showed. Also Read: Grok AI Controversy: Why Grok Is Being Banned And Accounts Are Being Deleted On X

According to the filing, “various excerpts” of Twitter’s source code, which is used to run the company online, were posted on GitHub, a Microsoft-owned platform for sharing code for software development, by a user named ‘FreeSpeechEnthusiast’. Also Read: Grok AI Image Tools On X Now Locked Behind Paywall After UK Pressure

Github said it took down the code on Friday at Twitter’s request. Also Read: Elon Musk Takes A Swipe At Google After Confusing Search Result Goes Viral

Twitter has asked the US District Court for the Northern District of California to order GitHub to produce “All identifying information” associated with the ‘FreeSpeechEnthusiast’ username, the March 24 filing showed.

Github did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on whether it has supplied such information. It also did not comment on how long Twitter‘s source code had been publicly available.

Twitter also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The news was first reported by the New York Times.

— Reuters