Parts of Twitter source code have been leaked on GitHub

Parts of Twitter’s source code have been leaked on GitHub. This is evident from court documents about a lawsuit between Twitter and Github. The size of the leaked portion of the source code is unknown.

The source code has been available on GitHub for some time, but it is not clear exactly how long. It appears that part of the source code was leaked on GitHub court documents which were first noticed by The New York Times. Last Friday, Twitter informed GitHub that the code had been posted there, after which the platform immediately removed the code. GitHub has the takedown request put online.

Elon Musk’s company wants GitHub to release who shared the parts of the source code and who downloaded it all. Sources report to The New York Times that Twitter believes it concerns an ex-employee who left the company last year. That person would have the username FreeSpeechEnthusiast.

Twitter management is concerned that the leaked code could cause security problems. It is not known how this would be the case.