context: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-main-conspirator-women-doctored-photos-app-arrested-7709394/ How did the cops catch this dude? Twitter and Microsoft (Github) refused to share any information, he used vpn throughout, payments were in bitcoin
Heard about this on NPR. Likely got help from github. There is network metadata you can view as an owner/admin in any repository (IP addresses, timelines, etc)