Clients include 8chan, Parler, and Gab, among others. Hacktivist collective Anonymous claims to have obtained gigabytes of data from Epik, which provides domain name, hosting, and DNS services for a variety of clients. These include the Texas GOP, Gab, Parler, and 8chan, among other right-wing sites. The stolen data has been released as a torrent. The hacktivist collective says that the data set, which is over 180GB in size, contains a “decade’s worth of data from the company.” Anonymous says the data set is “all that’s needed to trace actual ownership and management of the fascist side of the Internet that has eluded researchers, activists, and, well, just about everybody.” If this information is correct, Epik’s customers’ data and identities could now fall into the hands of activists, researchers, and just about anyone curious enough to take a peek. (…) Anonymous’ activities began with what the group calls “Operation Jane” after the Texas Heartbeat Act was signed into law this month. The restrictive abortion law allows private individuals, not necessarily government bodies or the police, to enforce the six-week abortion ban. According to the act, any Texas resident can bring a civil lawsuit against any person who performs or helps to facilitate an illegal abortion—and claim at least $10,000 in damages.
via arstechnica: Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host Epik
siehe auch: Hackers steal ‘decade’s worth of data’ from far-right webhost Epik – report. Epik is a company rife with controversy, associated by many with the far-Right due to hosting sites like Gab, 8chan, BitChute, the Daily Stormer and sites for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. (…) Epik is a company rife with controversy, being associated by many with far-Right and neo-Nazi movements due to hosting sites like Gab, 8chan, BitChute, the Daily Stormer, InfoWars and sites for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Notably, it brought Gab back online after it was dropped in 2018 following the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh; Anonymous schlägt wieder zu und knöpft sich den Lieblings-Webhoster der Rechtsextremen vor. Das Hacker-Kollektiv Anonymous hat den umstrittenen Webhosting-Provider Epik gehackt. Das US-Unternehmen unterstützt rechtskonservative bis rechtsextreme Online-Plattformen wie Parler, Gab und 8Chan. Mitglieder des Hacker-Kollektivs Anonymous haben offenbar gewaltige Mengen an Daten des Webhosting-Providers und Domain-Name-Registrars Epik gestohlen. Die Hacker haben laut Eigenaussage «die gesamte Kunden- und Transaktionsdatenbank des US-Unternehmens Epik erbeutet, die rudimentäre Verschlüsselung entfernt und die Daten im Klartext veröffentlicht», schreibt das deutsche Techportal Heise. Auf der Download-Seite wird die Grösse des Downloads mit 180 GB angegeben. Das US-Unternehmen Epik (nicht zu verwechseln mit der Spielefirma Epic) bietet als sogenannter «bulletproof hoster» vor allem Firmen und Organisationen aus der rechten Szene Internetleistungen an.
