The New York Times source code leaked by a 4chan user

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The New York Times source code leaked by a 4chan user - Stack Diary
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A user on the online forum 4chan has leaked a massive 270GB of data purportedly belonging to The New York Times. This leak includes what is claimed to be the source code for the newspaper’s digital operations.

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That's a really silly take ... a Paywall is just an authorization mechanism.

That's like saying the source code of lemmy leaks and you expect your account to be compromised any second.

Well, the open source code is less likely to commit "security through obscurity" than closed one.