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Anonymous strikes again, this time with a well known web registration company with a decade of data. This is a blatant example how poor security management lead

Anonymous strikes again, this time with a well known web registration company with a decade of data. This is a blatant example how poor security management leads to the hardship of thousands if not millions of regular people. Now their private details have a risk of being public and fully open to scrutiny. And its not just some simple data breach they allegedly stole domain purchases and transfers, account credentials of pretty much all their clients. Unacceptable. Embarrassing. They should be held accountable for all this if it comes out to be true.

qeternity 5y ago
Epik’s lack of security is the least damning thing about Epik. Google around for their very colorful history. These are bad hombres.
- capableweb 5y ago
  Could you share something damning instead of referring people to search, as we probably will find different information. As far as I can tell, Epik focused on hosting and DNS management for marginalized/excluded groups on the internet, so naturally they attract a lot of groups. Not sure why that'd be bad though. Things like this also makes me actually like the company more: > Pharmaceutical watchdog website LegitScript reported in 2018 that they had alerted Epik to the sale of illegal drugs and counterfeit medications on websites registered by Epik, and that Epik had refused to act upon the information without a court order That's exactly how I want my hosting company to act, and any that don't are actively fragile. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epik_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epik_(company)
  - lelandfe 5y ago
    Remember when a guy murdered 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue? When it was revealed the shooter had posted about it on Gab beforehand, every service powering the social network pulled the plug. Epik was who brought them back online.[0] The hero of hate speech is not exactly a sterling reputation to have. [0] https://www.wired.com/story/how-right-wing-social-media-site-gab-got-back-online/ https://www.wired.com/story/how-right-wing-social-media-site...
    - qeternity 5y ago
      I actually agree with the comment above: good speech doesn’t usually need defending…it’s almost always bad speech that does. But then again, I tend to side with free speech maximalists. Rob Monster and crew are bad people because they actually believe this rhetoric, that’s why they defend it. They aren’t taking on a noble cause of defending free speech. They are defending speech with which they agree, and tends to be pretty shitty…that’s why they’re bad. I don’t think they should be forced to stop, in fact I really hope the 1A is never diluted to that level. But the 1A cuts both ways: we get to sit back and talk about how awful Rob Monster is.
    - quantumwannabe 5y ago
      So you believe that Facebook should be shut down because the Christchurch shooter livestreamed his crime there?
      - fortyseven 5y ago
        Sigh. Facebook would not be a willing participant in this situation.
        pure_simplicity 5y ago
        What makes you think Gab is any different from Facebook in this regard (referring to the platforms' role in the examples of violence in the ancestor comments)? Gab wasn't created to host illegal content, but to allow all strictly legal content. Neither Facebook nor Gab is willingly participating in anything that is published on their platform, because they are platforms, not publishers.
  - qeternity 5y ago
    I agree with you about Epik’s stance, although I believe they’re doing it for the wrong reasons. Rob Monster for instance has expressed support for the KKK and claimed that the Christchurch shooting was a hoax. I’ll defend with my life his right to say abhorrent things. But that also means I get to express myself and call him a bad dude.
    - oefrha 5y ago
      Sure, this dude sound like nuts from comments describing him here (I can’t even be bothered to look this shit up myself) and I’m glad I dodged a bullet. However, the private info of all their customers from their inception are allegedly exposed; and lots of people here seem to be cheering the hackers on. Does this mean we need — actually, needed — to do research on the political standings of every founder, CEO, CXO of every service we use? And somehow predict they won’t do abhorrent things in the future even if they appeared harmless at the time? Otherwise we deserve it when we get doxxed for being a customer of a disgraced person? I believe the answer is no, that’s unreasonable. These hackers are just criminals illegally doxxing a huge number of people. They don’t deserve cheers. I hope everyone of them gets arrested, which is highly unlikely. (This is really not a direct response to your comment; not saying you were cheering them on.)
      - hdhdheh6dhs 5y ago
        Yes you should be cognizant enough to know not to host your shit in a cesspool of nazi trash
      - qeternity 5y ago
        > These hackers are just criminals illegally doxxing a huge number of people. They don’t deserve cheers. Fully agree. First and foremost the rule of law must be blind. However, spectators need not be similarly blind. I am not cheering on the hackers. I am merely accepting the Newtonian forces at work here. I doubt that there are many (any?) Epik customers who I would consider good people (there’s simply no logical reason to host with them otherwise). That doesn’t mean they aren’t entitled to their rights, under the law. But it does mean that I definitely don’t sympathize with them like I might someone else. Much like I wouldn’t sympathize with a drug lord who gets robbed by a rival drug lord. A crime is a crime, and the law should be applied accordingly. Buuut I am only human. And I only have so much sympathy.
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megous 5y ago
> Now their private details have a risk of being public They are public. A simple torrent away.
hdhdheh6dhs 5y ago
^ we found a nazi sympathizer here folks and or a guy who had nazi things hosted on epik who is now scared to be doxxed
gremloni 5y ago
They should also be held accountable for supporting hate ideology.

qeternity 5y ago

Epik’s lack of security is the least damning thing about Epik. Google around for their very colorful history. These are bad hombres.

capableweb 5y ago
Could you share something damning instead of referring people to search, as we probably will find different information. As far as I can tell, Epik focused on hosting and DNS management for marginalized/excluded groups on the internet, so naturally they attract a lot of groups. Not sure why that'd be bad though. Things like this also makes me actually like the company more: > Pharmaceutical watchdog website LegitScript reported in 2018 that they had alerted Epik to the sale of illegal drugs and counterfeit medications on websites registered by Epik, and that Epik had refused to act upon the information without a court order That's exactly how I want my hosting company to act, and any that don't are actively fragile. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epik_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epik_(company)
- lelandfe 5y ago
  Remember when a guy murdered 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue? When it was revealed the shooter had posted about it on Gab beforehand, every service powering the social network pulled the plug. Epik was who brought them back online.[0] The hero of hate speech is not exactly a sterling reputation to have. [0] https://www.wired.com/story/how-right-wing-social-media-site-gab-got-back-online/ https://www.wired.com/story/how-right-wing-social-media-site...
  - qeternity 5y ago
    I actually agree with the comment above: good speech doesn’t usually need defending…it’s almost always bad speech that does. But then again, I tend to side with free speech maximalists. Rob Monster and crew are bad people because they actually believe this rhetoric, that’s why they defend it. They aren’t taking on a noble cause of defending free speech. They are defending speech with which they agree, and tends to be pretty shitty…that’s why they’re bad. I don’t think they should be forced to stop, in fact I really hope the 1A is never diluted to that level. But the 1A cuts both ways: we get to sit back and talk about how awful Rob Monster is.
  - quantumwannabe 5y ago
    So you believe that Facebook should be shut down because the Christchurch shooter livestreamed his crime there?
    - fortyseven 5y ago
      Sigh. Facebook would not be a willing participant in this situation.
      - pure_simplicity 5y ago
        What makes you think Gab is any different from Facebook in this regard (referring to the platforms' role in the examples of violence in the ancestor comments)? Gab wasn't created to host illegal content, but to allow all strictly legal content. Neither Facebook nor Gab is willingly participating in anything that is published on their platform, because they are platforms, not publishers.
- qeternity 5y ago
  I agree with you about Epik’s stance, although I believe they’re doing it for the wrong reasons. Rob Monster for instance has expressed support for the KKK and claimed that the Christchurch shooting was a hoax. I’ll defend with my life his right to say abhorrent things. But that also means I get to express myself and call him a bad dude.
  - oefrha 5y ago
    Sure, this dude sound like nuts from comments describing him here (I can’t even be bothered to look this shit up myself) and I’m glad I dodged a bullet. However, the private info of all their customers from their inception are allegedly exposed; and lots of people here seem to be cheering the hackers on. Does this mean we need — actually, needed — to do research on the political standings of every founder, CEO, CXO of every service we use? And somehow predict they won’t do abhorrent things in the future even if they appeared harmless at the time? Otherwise we deserve it when we get doxxed for being a customer of a disgraced person? I believe the answer is no, that’s unreasonable. These hackers are just criminals illegally doxxing a huge number of people. They don’t deserve cheers. I hope everyone of them gets arrested, which is highly unlikely. (This is really not a direct response to your comment; not saying you were cheering them on.)
    - hdhdheh6dhs 5y ago
      Yes you should be cognizant enough to know not to host your shit in a cesspool of nazi trash
    - qeternity 5y ago
      > These hackers are just criminals illegally doxxing a huge number of people. They don’t deserve cheers. Fully agree. First and foremost the rule of law must be blind. However, spectators need not be similarly blind. I am not cheering on the hackers. I am merely accepting the Newtonian forces at work here. I doubt that there are many (any?) Epik customers who I would consider good people (there’s simply no logical reason to host with them otherwise). That doesn’t mean they aren’t entitled to their rights, under the law. But it does mean that I definitely don’t sympathize with them like I might someone else. Much like I wouldn’t sympathize with a drug lord who gets robbed by a rival drug lord. A crime is a crime, and the law should be applied accordingly. Buuut I am only human. And I only have so much sympathy.
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megous 5y ago

> Now their private details have a risk of being public They are public. A simple torrent away.

hdhdheh6dhs 5y ago

^ we found a nazi sympathizer here folks and or a guy who had nazi things hosted on epik who is now scared to be doxxed

gremloni 5y ago

They should also be held accountable for supporting hate ideology.