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Twitter’s Source Code Was in Public Access Online For Months, Reports Say

© AP Photo / Michael DwyerThe Twitter logo is seen on a cell phone, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. The “official” designation for major corporate accounts on Twitter appeared, vanished, and depending on the account, appeared or vanished again and some companies took to the social media platform to warn of imposters.
The Twitter logo is seen on a cell phone, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston.  The “official” designation for major corporate accounts on Twitter appeared, vanished, and depending on the account, appeared or vanished again and some companies took to the social media platform to warn of imposters. - Sputnik International, 1920, 27.03.2023
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Parts of Twitter’s source code were publicly available online for several months, US media reports, citing a legal filing.
GitHub, an online platform for software developers where the code was posted, took down the code on Friday, upon Twitter’s request, a US newspaper reported on Sunday.
The source code, the underlying computer code on which Twitter runs, was likely public online for at least several months, the newspaper said.
Sources told the newspaper that it was likely that the person responsible for the leak of the code likely left Twitter last year.
The Twitter logo is seen at their headquarters on April 26, 2022 in downtown San Francisco, California. - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.03.2023
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Twitter has asked the US District Court for the Northern District of California to order GitHub to identify the person who shared the code, as well as those who have downloaded it.
According to media reports, the source code includes certain security vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to attack Twitter, extract user data, or shut down the site.
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