Sorry, the link is definitely follow and as you noted, an obvious exact match anchor. They're a huge site and are obviously aware of what they're doing. The link itself goes to the person's profile page and not a generic category page which is still pretty risky.

Hi,

Google has indexed a few .CSS and .JS files that belong to our WordPress plugins and themes. I had them blocked via robots, but realized this doesn't prevent indexation (and can likely hurt us since Google wants to access these files).

I've since removed the robots instructions, submitted a removal request via Search Console, but want to make sure they don't come back.

Is there a way to put a noindex tag within .CSS and .JS files? Or should I do something with .htaccess instead?