Epik, an internet services company that’s provided hosting and domain name services to right-wing sites such as Parler, Gab and the recently-infamous Texas abortion snitch site, was hacked this week and customer data leaked.
In a press release on the hack, dubbed Operation EPIK FAIL, Anonymous claimed that it was able to obtain “a decade’s worth” of information, including domain registrations and transfers, account credentials, and emails from an Epik employee.“ This dataset is all that’s needed to trace actual ownership and management of the fascist side of the internet that has eluded researchers, activists, and, well, just about everybody,” the release alleges.
This sort of thing seems to be a pattern in the ecosystem of right-wing alternatives to mainstream internet services and platforms. If it’s fair to say they might be under more concerted attack than most providers, there’s also a hapless quality to the public communications (‘an Epik spokesperson claimed that the company was “not aware of any breach.”’) which suggests they don’t know what needs to be done. …
If you were silent when the USA and the UK invaded Afghanistan and Iraq (without ANY legitimate, just cause or provocation)… you can go ahead, and just keep your opinions on withdrawal to yourself as well.
It was all very well pocketing other people’s valuables and roistering at rum parties, but life on a pirate ship involved a surprising amount of hard work. Pirates were first and foremost sailors and in the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730), a pirate ship required a great deal of skill to operate and constant maintenance to keep afloat. Indeed, pirates had to be remarkably good seamen if they were to ever catch fleeing merchant vessels and escape the unwanted attentions of heavily-armed naval vessels. From captain to rigger, each crew member played their part in the complex performance of tasks that kept a 17/18th-century sailing ship in trim.
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