Security News > 2021 > March > Passwords, Private Posts Exposed in Hack of Gab Social Network

Distributed Denial of Secrets, a self-proclaimed "Transparency collective," claim they have received more than 70 gigabytes of data exfiltrated from social media network Gab.

Gab, which touts itself as "a social network that champions free speech, individual liberty and the free flow of information online" has drawn in various alt-right and far-right users.

Wired, which said they viewed a sample of the data, said that the data appears to include both individual and group profiles for Gab users, as well as hashed account passwords and 40 million public and private posts.

"Early in the review process, we made the decision to limit the distribution of the dataset to both protect the privacy of innocent Gab users and the integrity of their accounts and private groups," they said.

Gab CEO Andrew Torba initially denied the breach in a statement on Gab's website, but has since acknowledged it occurred in a statement on Twitter.

Following the Jan. 6 Capitol attacks, when social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook banned the account of President Donald Trump and some of his most fervent supporters, many of those users flocked to Gab.

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