Hacktivist Destroys White Supremacist Websites Live at Hacker Conference
A hacktivist deleted three racist websites during a talk at a hacker conference, leaving them offline and the crowd cheering.
Root took action at the Chaos Communication Congress. The sites she attacked were WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal. WhiteDate was called “Tinder for Nazis” by journalist Eva Hoffmann, while WhiteChild matched white supremacists for donors. WhiteDeal worked like a labor service for racists.
The administrator of these websites confirmed the hack. They expressed anger on social media, calling it “cyberterrorism.” They also claimed that Root deleted their account on X before it was restored.
Root shared that she hacked the sites using AI chatbots that bypassed security checks. She published leaked data from WhiteDate, highlighting serious security flaws that exposed user photos and locations. She pointed out that most users were male.
According to this leaked data, there were over 6,500 users on WhiteDate. Root criticized the hackers on the site, saying they lacked basic security for their online profiles. She thought it was ironic for them to call themselves a master race while ignoring website security.
DDoSecrets, a group that keeps leaked data, confirmed it received files from the hacked sites but hasn’t made the data public. They are offering verified journalists access to the 100-gigabyte dataset.
Root and her colleagues think they have figured out who runs the websites, identifying the administrator as a woman from Germany, but this identity is not confirmed by TechCrunch.