Trump never had a Gab account, this is BS.
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Usually they aren’t “hacked” in the traditional sense of the word. In Parler’s case there was a public API to their database, one that didn’t have any restrictions and didn’t require authentication, and the “hacker” simply discovered it and downloaded all their user data. It wasn’t even an illegal act.
The moron who wrote the article thinks Trump has a Gab account. He doesn’t. A little fact checking would have told him that.
We ARE talking about people who just stole the Presidential election in the most powerful national entity in the known universe....right?
FBI will expend all ‘necessary’ resources to find Lady Gaga’s dogs and garage door pull makers. Will the react similarly to this?
(Narrator: No, they will not act similarly to this)
I do this when using a a social media account.
Use an email address not referencing any of my personal info. Name/location, etc.
No photos of me of any personal property.
Bogus name, geographical location, age, race, sex, etc.
Any site that wants a cell number for account verification is not used.
Those of you with Gab accounts, change your PWs, folks.
PING!
I use a ProtonMail email now for all things political. Little commie rats trying to put us all away.
Statement from Gab’s Andrew Torba, 3/1:
https://news.gab.com/2021/03/01/gab-does-not-negotiate-with-criminal-demons/
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One thing about this that I do not understand is why the hell is Gab storing cleartext passwords.
It’s elementary programming practice to use a hash, not the actual passwords. This is really basic, and fundamental stuff
Over the past few days our team has been working with the top rapid response security firm in the country to fully audit Gab’s infrastructure to get a better picture of what happened, what specifically was accessed, and why.
At the same time we were under a 48 hour extortion clock from the criminal hacker while also dealing with numerous threats against our team and families. Gab is the victim of very serious crimes and we are working with federal law enforcement to deal with these criminal acts.
We are also preparing a formal breach notification that will be going out ASAP. In the meantime we recommend that you change your passwords and activate two-factor authentication on your Gab account.
Gab does not store customer banking data so customer bank information was not impacted by this breach. Our Gab Shop and GabPRO upgrade service are separate systems on separate code that show no signs of any breach.
Gab collects as little data as possible because we know how important privacy is for people to speak freely. Gab is an extremely public forum by design. From what has been reported and from what we know thus far, the overwhelming majority of the data in this breach is already public on the website for anyone to see. We will continue to update you as we learn more.
Thank you for your continued support and prayers. We will never give up. We will never surrender. Nothing will stop us from our mission of defending and protecting the freedom of speech online for all people. To God be the glory.
Andrew Torba CEO, Gab.com March 3rd, 2021 Jesus is King
How do you hack Trump’s account? Say something provocative or slightly obnoxious? How would one tell the difference?
OTOH, where they to say something like, “bless us all, everyone and be kind to your neighbors and democrats”, that would indicate a hacking.