Technology Gab Reportedly Hacked with 70GB's of Data Stolen, Gab Denies

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'Free speech' app Gab allegedly hacked, 70GB of data and millions of posts stolen

Platform denies being hacked despite claims of 70GB of data being stolen

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Emma Best, the founder of the Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecretcs) group, shared that a hacktivist who self-identifies as "JaXpArO and My Little Anonymous Revival Project" claims to have exploited a SQL injection vulnerability in the alternative social network’s database to get their hands on the data.

"It contains pretty much everything on Gab, including user data and private posts, everything someone needs to run a nearly complete analysis on Gab users and content," Best told WIRED.

According to Best, the hacked data contains the user’s public posts, private posts, user profiles, hashed user passwords, DMs, and plaintext passwords for groups.

She says the group will not be publicly releasing the data due to its sensitive nature, but will instead share it with a select group of journalists, social scientists, and researchers.

Gab and its CEO Andrew Torba itself denied the incident occurring and stated even if their data was compromised, passwords are safe due to encryption.

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