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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnonymous Claims to Have Stolen Huge Trove of Data From Epik, the Right-wing's Favorite Web Host
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https://gizmodo.com/anonymous-claims-to-have-stolen-huge-trove-of-data-from-1847673935
Members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous claim to have hacked web registration company Epik, allegedly stealing a decades worth of data, including reams of information about its clients and their domains.
Epik is controversial, having been known to host a variety of rightwing clients, including ones that other web hosting providers, like GoDaddy, have dropped for various reasons. Its users have included conservative social media networks Parler and Gab, as well as conspiracy-theory-laden YouTube wannabe Bitchute and former President Trump fansite, The Donald. The company recently hosted prolifewhistleblower.comthe website designed to help people snitch on Texas residents who want abortionsbut later forcibly removed the tip-collecting platform after determining that it had violated Epiks terms by nonconsensually collecting third-party information.
Now, however, the apparent hacking of its platform means that all of Epiks clients may soon have their backend information offered up to public scrutiny.
News of the apparent incident was first reported by Steven Monacelli, an independent journalist from Texas, who tweeted Monday that a large dataset belonging to the company appeared to have been stolen. Monacellis information comes from a 4Chan press release put out by the alleged hackers. In the release, the group claims to have stolen domain purchases and transfers, account credentials for all Epik customers, as well as a data dump from an Epik employees email inbox, among many other items.
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Anonymous Claims to Have Stolen Huge Trove of Data From Epik, the Right-wing's Favorite Web Host (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2021
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tikka
(762 posts)1. I'll believe it when I see it do damage to the RWNJs
NQAS
(10,749 posts)2. Blah blah blah
They chose the name Anonymous for good reason. If they had to identify themselves by name they'd be personally humiliated for their all hat no cattle actions.
I am so fucking tired of these sorts of meaningless announcements.
FelineOverlord
(3,578 posts)3. Epik