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Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference
(techcrunch.com)
this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2026
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Watched the video last week. Two standout parts:
She tries to get access to the database from outside. Tries a bunch of ways. Then just tries going to /download-all-data (or something similar). Page shows up with a 'download' button. Clicks. Downloads. No security.
Last 5m of video, she runs a python script. Not clear what it's doing under the hood, but it prints out status that it's deleted all applications, databases, backups, email accounts, social media, and DNS.
At this point, my BS sensor was pegged. But if true, it was a total takedown.
The sites are still wiped (other than the homepage). It was real:
if these things werent hacked, it wouldnt be news.
Let's not give the right too much credit. They claim Trump was shot in the ear last year. I'm surprised they were able to guess the body part Charlie was shot in. They will make anything the news if it will gain sympathy for their fascism
an anti whie nationalist hacker claimed to hack them, and the white nationalists confirmed it. Nothing pro-white nationalist saying they were hacked honestly
The website itself does no longer exist, so the takedown has been real.
I have seen deployments on aws like that where everything is one I AM identify for everything. I still think backups are not really deleted for 7 days but if corporate systems still get ransomed, the kkk won't do much better.
Any evidence they weren't her own sites?
Martha Root has been active before this (you can check her social media accounts). We have seen pictures of the person who owned the sites and also remember, that she was only one person of the 3 person team who investigated the site.