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Part of Twitter's source code was apparently leaked by a disgruntled programmer

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Culprit remains anonymous, despite Twitter’s best efforts at revealing their identity via the US District Court.
Court filings have revealed that parts of Twitter’s source code had been leaked online for a time and hosted on popular code repository Github.
Per the New York Times (opens in new tab) (NYT), Twitter filed a copyright infringement claim to have the code removed the same day.
The NYT’s sources at the company suggest that the individual responsible is an ex-employee, caught up in the mass firing orchestrated by Twitter’s newest CEO, former richest person in the world and current unpleasant oddball Elon Musk, who took over the company last October for an eyewateringly silly $44 billion.

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