Security News > 2021 > July > Pro-Trump Social Media Platform GETTR Hacked Shortly After Launch
Pro-Trump social media platform GETTR was targeted by hackers shortly after launch - accounts were apparently compromised and tens of thousands of users had their data scraped and leaked online.
A Twitter-like platform, GETTR was launched on July 4 by Jason Miller, who served as a spokesperson for former U.S. President Donald Trump.
The social media service claims to welcome people from all over the world and to promote freedom of speech.
The hacker told Business Insider that hacking GETTR was easy from a technical perspective.
According to Alon Gal, co-founder and CTO of cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, the attackers exploited improper API implementations to access user data.
The collected data was shared on RaidForums, a popular hacker forum.