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Free Speech Social Media Platform Gab Attacked in Coordinated Hacking Attempt, Timed to Coincide with CPAC
Big League Politics ^ | 02/28/2021 | Richard Moorhead

Posted on 02/28/2021 3:12:15 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Free speech social media platform Gab was attacked in a coordinated hacking operation sometime this weekend, with malicious actors briefly compromising accounts of prominent users of the platform.

Gab founder Andrew Torba disclosed the cyberattack, revealing that left-wing operatives had sought to compromise both his own Gab account and an archive account reserved for President Donald Trump. The attack compromised Trump’s reserved account minutes before the President was slated to speak on-stage at CPAC- with the timing suggesting the President may announce he’s joining the free speech social media service.

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It’s unclear which other accounts were targeted. Torba confirmed that Gab was cooperating with law enforcement in response to the breach. Alt-tech competitor Parler also suffered from frequent data breaches and insecurity, and it may be that powerful institutions determined to take down Parler have shifted their focus to terroristic tactics targeting Gab.

Gab has been targeted on previous occasions by entities that oppose its mission to restore free speech on the internet. Torba’s disclosure of the incident differs greatly from the deceptive business tactics of Facebook and Twitter, which regularly decline to reveal data breaches and sell user information to corporations and governments at a whim and without any user consent.

Big League Politics is monitoring the situation for any further developments.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Society
KEYWORDS: cpac; gab; hacking

1 posted on 02/28/2021 3:12:15 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The penalty for this kind of hacking should be death.


2 posted on 02/28/2021 5:16:33 PM PST by Revel
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To: SeekAndFind

Read later.


3 posted on 02/28/2021 8:15:44 PM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Revel

Heads on pikes in the village square...


4 posted on 02/28/2021 9:42:49 PM PST by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: SeekAndFind
NEW - Gab has been hacked. The whistleblower site DDoSecrets says it will selectively share 70GB of encrypted passwords, private posts, and more with "journalists, social scientists, and researchers." Gab CEO Andrew Torba acknowledged the breach yesterday (Wired)

Came across this on patriots.win posted from disclosetv twitter site. Just a heads up for any GAB users.

5 posted on 03/01/2021 2:39:49 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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