Some of Twitter’s source code is leaking to the internet; The company is looking for the culprit.

Portions of the source code that form the basis for Twitter’s operation were released in the repository without permission from the company. GitHub. broadcast was open until last Friday (24)when an official removal request is made by the social network and responded by the platform.

According to an article in the newspaper New York TimesIt’s still not possible to know what content is being published or what processes Twitter is involved in – the document only mentions that the leaked part is “custom source code for the Twitter platform and internal tools”.

Also, there are no details about the post itself, such as how long the code has been live or whether the code has been accessed.

Looking for responsible

The user responsible for the publication has a nickname. Free Speech Enthusiast – or “free speech enthusiast”, free translation into Portuguese. This does not seem like a coincidence: Elon Musk, the current owner of Twitter, has already declared himself. “absolutist” He talks about it all the time and in his profile.

The report containing the request was published by GitHub, which is transparent about these requests. Twitter, which has eliminated the press service under Musk’s management and responded with automatic emoji to e-mails directed to the consultant, has not yet shown itself.

And now?

In the same request for the post to be removed, the social network asked GitHub for information that would help identify the person responsible for the leak, including personal log data. For now, it is not possible to know whether this will was accepted or not.

Twitter has also launched an internal investigation to try to find out who may have leaked the code – there have been multiple layoffs since the site was acquired by Elon Musk. in October last yearincluding reductions in the development team.

It’s worth remembering that some of Twitter’s source code will be available to the public this Friday (31), but only certain parts of the source code will be revealed. post recommendation system.