Twitter is taking legal action after hackers posted portions of its fundamental source code online.
The code, which is used to run the social media platform, was posted to the code sharing website Github by a user named "FreeSpeechEnthusiast," according to a court filing.
The filing seeks to issue a subpoena to Github to identify the person responsible for posting the "proprietary source code for Twitter's platform and internal tools" without the company's authorization.
It's not clear how long the source code was available, but The New York Times reports that it was the only thing posted by the FreeSpeechEnthusiast account, which was created in early January.
Github removed the content on Friday after being contacted by Twitter's lawyers -- the same day the legal request was filed.
"The purpose for which Twitter's DMCA Subpoena is sought is to obtain the identity of an alleged infringer or infringers, and such information will only be used for the purpose of protecting Twitter's rights," Julian Moore, the platform's in-house counsel, wrote in the filing.
Moore added that the posting infringes on copyrights held by Twitter.
According to CNN, leaked source code can provide details on how a company designs its product as well as "giving criminals the chance to find or exploit security flaws and vulnerabilities."
Github has not commented further, other than to say it complied with Twitter's request to remove the content.
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