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Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference (techcrunch.com)
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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org -1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 11 points 5 days ago

You do know that it can be automated though, right? If you have full control of someone's infrastructure, the quickest way to delete all of it is through a script.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

To address your first edit, yes, it's a script, and yes, it did delete the site and the backups, as confirmed by the site creator. You can browse the data extracted on https://okstupid.lol/

This wasn't "just a fun script". The site, backups, and infrastructure were actually deleted.

Did you read the article, like at all? It would have told you the same thing:

As of this writing, WhiteDate, which Hoffmann described as a “Tinder for Nazis”; WhiteChild, a site that claimed to match white supremacists’ sperm and egg donors; and WhiteDeal, a sort-of Taskrabbit-esque labor marketplace for racists, are all offline.

The administrator of the three websites confirmed the hack on their social media accounts.

“They publicly delete all my websites while the audience rejoices. This is cyberterrorism,” the administrator wrote on X on Sunday, vowing repercussions.

The administrator also claimed that Root deleted their X account before it was restored.