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Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference (techcrunch.com)
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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 153 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Root also published the data allegedly scraped from WhiteDate online. 

The hacker said that they scraped WhiteDate’s public data and found “poor cybersecurity hygiene that would make even your grandma’s AOL account blush.” Root said that users’ images included precise geolocation metadata that “practically hands out home addresses with a side of awkward selfies.” 

“Imagine calling yourselves the ‘master race’ but forgetting to secure your own website — maybe try mastering to host WordPress before world domination,” Root wrote.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm going to say you shouldn't be shocked that people like this aren't the most insightful or analytical minds.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

Or that the site owners aren't just two bit grifters

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 16 points 5 days ago

They literally just typed whitedate.net/download-all-users/ into the browser and the website willingly gave them a button to download all users.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago

i heard someone looked at thier profiles, something tells me they are all mcpoyles.