Twitter Wins Court Order to Unmask Source Code Leaker
As Twitter moves towards open-sourcing its algorithmic code base, which Elon Musk has committed to releasing this week, the company’s also working to contain a leak of the app’s overall source code, which was published on GitHub some time back.
As reported earlier this week, upon discovery of the source code leak, Twitter immediately called on GitHub to remove the proprietary info, while also seeking to uncover the person responsible for publishing it. And now, Twitter’s moved a step closer in this regard, with a Californian court granting its request to force GitHub to release information on the original poster.
As per Bloomberg:
“GitHub must provide personal identifying information associated with the account FreeSpeechEnthusiast by April 3, according to the order signed by a court clerk on Tuesday. Github didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.”
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 17, 2023