Hackers steal ‘decades of data’ from far-flung webhost Epico

Hacktivist group Anonymous has reportedly hacked web domain registrar Epic and stole “a decade’s worth of data,” which includes a lot of information about their clients and domains.

The hack was first publicized by independent journalist Steven Monacelli and later reported by gizmodo.

Monacelli shared a “press release” by hackers on 4chan, declaring that they stole all of Epic’s customer information and data from an Epic employee’s inbox, which they claim was “fascist’s actual ownership and All it needs is management to explore “the side of the Internet that has turned away from researchers, activists, and, well, almost everyone else.”

Later, it was announced that the hackers recovered 180 gigabytes of data and that it would be released for public download.

Epic is a controversy-ridden company associated with far-right and neo-Nazi movements by many due to hosting sites such as Gab, 8chan, Bitchute, The Daily Stormer. InfoWars for more sites proud boys And swearers. In particular, it brought gab back online It was dropped in 2018 after shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

It also hosted the Texas Republican Party website and briefly hosted a pro-life whistleblower site where Texans could report those trying to have an abortion, although they were removed for violating Epic’s terms. .

Epic also once hosted the controversial antisemitic video-sharing site Goim TV, but later dropped it.

The company’s founder and CEO, Rob Monster, has also been accused of being anti-Semitic and making rhetoric similar to neo-Nazis. However, he has vehemently denied any of these allegations, and has maintained that he only strives to advocate for freedom of expression.

Furthermore, Monster also denies that Epic ever hosted or registered the Daily Stormer.

Speaking to Gizmodo, Epic said they were unaware they had been hacked, but they would investigate.

This is a developing story.