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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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Are we just completely forgetting that backups exist? Nearly every ISP does nightly backups. So yeah, it can be taken offline for a couple of hours, but that doesn't stop their movement.
When I last checked the sites were still down and the terminal also showed "Deleting Backups" in the end. Also they deleted tons of mail accounts, hosting accounts etc. Even if they manage to come back, this was a huge disruption. And they downloaded most of the data and share it with journalists, so there is even another impact.