Before Musk could open source the code for Twitter‘s recommendation algorithm, parts of Twitter’s source code, the fundamental of the microblogging portal — have been leaked online, reveals a court filing, the New York Times reports.
According to the court filings, Twitter filed a complaint of copyright infringement with the intent of having particular code removed from the GitHub collaborative programming network. The code in question was posted on GitHub without permission from Twitter, and Twitter alleged that it violated its copyright.
Although Twitter’s complaint resulted in the removal of the offending code from Github on the same day, it is unclear how long the code had been posted and available for others to access prior to its removal. Twitter may have conducted an investigation to determine the extent of the leak and the potential impact on their systems, but no details were made available about the scope of the breach.
In addition to filing a complaint of copyright infringement with Github, Twitter also requested that the US District Court for an order Github to reveal the identity of the user who posted the offending code, as well as the identities of those who accessed and downloaded it.
According to sources familiar with the internal investigation into the leak, Twitter executives have a strong suspicion that a former employee who left the company “within the last year” is responsible. In the last few months since his purchase, Musk has fired more than half the employees.
The Twitter legal filing identified the leaker on GitHub as “FreeSpeechEnthusiast,” a pseudonym believed to reference Elon Musk. The user made a single contribution in early January, and their profile remains online.
Elon Musk has previously tweeted that Twitter plans to make the code for tweet recommendations open source on March 31. Musk has said that he anticipates that people will discover “silly” problems and that making the code transparent will initially be “incredibly embarrassing.”
According to the court filings, Twitter filed a complaint of copyright infringement with the intent of having particular code removed from the GitHub collaborative programming network. The code in question was posted on GitHub without permission from Twitter, and Twitter alleged that it violated its copyright.
Although Twitter’s complaint resulted in the removal of the offending code from Github on the same day, it is unclear how long the code had been posted and available for others to access prior to its removal. Twitter may have conducted an investigation to determine the extent of the leak and the potential impact on their systems, but no details were made available about the scope of the breach.
In addition to filing a complaint of copyright infringement with Github, Twitter also requested that the US District Court for an order Github to reveal the identity of the user who posted the offending code, as well as the identities of those who accessed and downloaded it.
According to sources familiar with the internal investigation into the leak, Twitter executives have a strong suspicion that a former employee who left the company “within the last year” is responsible. In the last few months since his purchase, Musk has fired more than half the employees.
The Twitter legal filing identified the leaker on GitHub as “FreeSpeechEnthusiast,” a pseudonym believed to reference Elon Musk. The user made a single contribution in early January, and their profile remains online.
Elon Musk has previously tweeted that Twitter plans to make the code for tweet recommendations open source on March 31. Musk has said that he anticipates that people will discover “silly” problems and that making the code transparent will initially be “incredibly embarrassing.”
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