Some parts of Twitter's source code, the fundamental computer code on which the social network operates, were leaked online, the social media company said in a legal filing on Sunday, March 26, 2023. — AP
Parts of Twitter’s proprietary source code were published online until last week, the company revealed in a California court filing on March 24.
The code, which forms the basis for the web service’s various functions and internal tools, was posted on GitHub, the widely used code repository that’s now owned by Microsoft Corp. GitHub complied with Twitter’s request to remove the data under a copyright infringement claim and posted Twitter’s request online.
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