Twitter source code was leaked on GitHub shortly after Musk’s layoff spree (opens in new tab)

(arstechnica.com)

24 pointsdenisw3y ago5 comments

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If the disgruntled staff member simply copied the code over then surely there would be no way to track down who it was? Even if they found a staff member had accessed tonnes of source code before they left, how could they prove it was that person who leaked it?

bleah10003y ago

I mean, if they went after someone civilly, Twitter doesn't have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, only that there is a 51% chance it happened.

So proving that someone downloaded all of the source code right before the leak would be pretty strong circumstantial evidence. It's not impossible to prove it just because you don't have a smoking gun.

brianwawok3y ago

You don't think Github (Microsoft) has logs of who uploaded it?

realusername3y ago

Hope for them that Gihub has some good insights because the list of angry ex-employees is very very long

norgie3y ago

I thought Musk was supposed to open source it himself a long time ago?

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