At the latest Chaos Communication Congress (CCC), one of the most influential hacker conferences in the world, the German activist known as Martha Root staged one of the event’s most talked-about actions.
Dressed as the Pink Power Ranger, she took to the stage and live-deleted a network of white supremacist dating websites, including White Date, described bv its creators as a “Tinder for Nazis”.
The stunt was the culmination of months of infiltration. Root gained access to the platforms, exploited security flaws and deploved her own Al-powered chatbot to interact with users and extract information. She managed to download over 8,000 profiles and around 100GB of data, including photos, biographies and metadata, while also uncovering the real owner of the sites, who had been operating anonymously.
Before shutting the services down, Root archived and released the material. Part of the data was presented satirically through a mirror website while the full archive was deposited with Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) for access by journalists and researchers. Celebrated by some and criticised by others, the action reignited a familiar but unresolved debate: how far can–or should–hacktivism go when technology becomes infrastructure for hate.
SliceMcNuts on
I find it hard to believe that there were actual, real women on these dating sites. Maybe there was one racist woman and thousands of racist men?
AgitatedPatience5729 on
Keep up the good work.
ghostboi420 on
Someone needs to inform this person about medical debt & student loans
Free_Economics3535 on
Ironically the Pink ranger was in love with the White ranger
MightyTaur on
We should have more Martha Roots
Lopsided-Agency on
Bet that pissed off the White Power Ranger.
NikitaTarsov on
Imagen you have one of the most competent and morally intact hacker groups in the world in your country and never ask them a single question about how to make the nation/degital infrastructre better.
Well, tbh. not so long ago the minister of health in fct asked them fro their opinon on storing all personal medical data in the shitiest databases available and almost open for abuse by US companys by default. He didn’t quite get the reaction he wanted and ignored the CCC. He in fact just leaft the room.
Spoler alert: The database was started on a voluntary basis, and instantly the exploits begun. Everyone had admin rights and coudl edit, take or add stuff, data breaches, confusion and overwhelmed doctors offices. One beautifull shitshow.
But when it comes to right wing problems in the digital world, any attempt to get into this topic might cost us almost all of the police, which either participated or ignored illegal actions and insanely broken fascist mindsets. We also would at least loose two political parties. So there will be massive resistance to anyone not institutionalised into compliance to check on existing structures.
And cudos to Martha.
Everyone critisising the potential illegality would have to show me the police care for the problem instead of being found on such sites themself.
VE3VNA on
Did they pre-make a python script to do these commands? Otherwise it seems very ambiguous. Kudos none the less.
unraveledgenes on
SonnyvonShark on
We need more women in the IT and programming fields, and this should inspire it. If any sexist tells me that women don’t belong in tech, I will just mention Martha Root and this 🙂 If they say what she did was wrong, then it tells me ALL about their viewpoint. You go girl! You inspire me as AFAB in tech.
roguediamond on
Bravo to this person!!!
Equivalent_Rock_6530 on
And nothing of value was lost.
One_Economist_3761 on
False_Ad7098 on
Go go power ranger!!!
concretetroll60 on
work-throw-away-420 on
more please Martha!
rocketsneaker on
This can’t be real. Where’s all the neon green text raining down on the screen? And why didn’t the hacker say “I’m in.” when they successfully hacked the site?
collindubya81 on
Not all heroes wear capes, some of them wear pink spandex and helmets
Magmakojote on
„Been around the world and back home in the USA. Im a small town guy looking for a small town girl to be my tradwife on my homestead in the high desert. Looking for a partner with whom to pass the time with intelligent conversation, raising chickens, cats, maybe goats one day, and a sweet garden! Wheres my cute white tradwife?Presently building a home on land I own. Debt free. Off grid. One of the whitest counties in the USA. The stars are also clearly visible here at night.Raise kids off grid. Homeschool. No social media. Feral kids exposed to guns and dirt bikes and raising our own food. I would be open to discussing not even giving them birth certificates; its just a tax cattle thing and USA is in the death throes anyway. Definitely not interested in vaccinating nor circumcizing.Wearing makeup is cheating and unhealthy and I am not a fan. Let your natural beauty shine through. If you eat right, your body will heal and you will become naturally very beautiful.I was raised in a fairly traditional household where my mom ran the inside and my dad ran the outside. My mom worked part time out of the house, and thats something I would love to do differently that my dad was not capable of doing fully provide for my family and allow my wife to devote 100% to home and children.Im more attracted to younger women, generally in their 20s. I wish to allow plenty of time to get to know each other and still have time to procreate without any sense of rushing. Im certainly open to having a large family, like more than 4 kids.I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic school K-6. It completely turned me off of organized religion. Im rather spiritual and enjoy discussing my beliefs. I dont mind if you are religious or not as long as you keep any dogma to yourself.I work from home as a software engineer. Its interesting enough and pays well. I despised commuting when i last had an in-person job like 15 years ago.I traveled quite a lot for several years before the scamdemic and it had a great impact on me. I learned that racism is the natural state of being, and our intuition about others being different should be listened to. I also got it out of my system and have almost zero desire to travel any more.I have shoulder length hair and no plans to cut it. When I was in my 20s, it was mid-back and I find long hair suits me well. I tend to get bored with my beard and shave it off a couple times per year.I tend to rise with the sun and rarely need to use an alarm.“
That’s what a 43 year old wrote about himself on the nazi dating website. Hilarious in a way.
TooMuchTime2think on
“Celebrated by some and criticised by others”, and by, “others”, you mean the Nazis’s on the site?
SpaceCampDropOut on
See Anonymous?! That’s what you’re supposed to do!
bhadau8 on
And published their location on okstupid.lol
You can also check whether they are in your neighborhood.
SlimLiftOff on
Martha Root is invited to the BBQ 👍🏾
Supremetacoleader on
If she really wanted to piss off white supremacists, she’d delete Grindr.
mysticdream270 on
Now they can’t find a like minded partner to bring them happiness and they’ll go take out their frustrations on a minority 😢
Fickle_Meet_7154 on
Cool. Now delete student debt. (Yes, I know that only one of these things is that law enforcement would actually pursue.)
dranaei on
Germans are really trying to repent for the past.
fvtown714x on
She released an archive of the dating site, its users and their posts, media uploads and geolocations, etc. (okstupid.lol)
I’ve already found a few white supremacists near me
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At the latest Chaos Communication Congress (CCC), one of the most influential hacker conferences in the world, the German activist known as Martha Root staged one of the event’s most talked-about actions.
Dressed as the Pink Power Ranger, she took to the stage and live-deleted a network of white supremacist dating websites, including White Date, described bv its creators as a “Tinder for Nazis”.
The stunt was the culmination of months of infiltration. Root gained access to the platforms, exploited security flaws and deploved her own Al-powered chatbot to interact with users and extract information. She managed to download over 8,000 profiles and around 100GB of data, including photos, biographies and metadata, while also uncovering the real owner of the sites, who had been operating anonymously.
Before shutting the services down, Root archived and released the material. Part of the data was presented satirically through a mirror website while the full archive was deposited with Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) for access by journalists and researchers. Celebrated by some and criticised by others, the action reignited a familiar but unresolved debate: how far can–or should–hacktivism go when technology becomes infrastructure for hate.
I find it hard to believe that there were actual, real women on these dating sites. Maybe there was one racist woman and thousands of racist men?
Keep up the good work.
Someone needs to inform this person about medical debt & student loans
Ironically the Pink ranger was in love with the White ranger
We should have more Martha Roots
Bet that pissed off the White Power Ranger.
Imagen you have one of the most competent and morally intact hacker groups in the world in your country and never ask them a single question about how to make the nation/degital infrastructre better.
Well, tbh. not so long ago the minister of health in fct asked them fro their opinon on storing all personal medical data in the shitiest databases available and almost open for abuse by US companys by default. He didn’t quite get the reaction he wanted and ignored the CCC. He in fact just leaft the room.
Spoler alert: The database was started on a voluntary basis, and instantly the exploits begun. Everyone had admin rights and coudl edit, take or add stuff, data breaches, confusion and overwhelmed doctors offices. One beautifull shitshow.
But when it comes to right wing problems in the digital world, any attempt to get into this topic might cost us almost all of the police, which either participated or ignored illegal actions and insanely broken fascist mindsets. We also would at least loose two political parties. So there will be massive resistance to anyone not institutionalised into compliance to check on existing structures.
And cudos to Martha.
Everyone critisising the potential illegality would have to show me the police care for the problem instead of being found on such sites themself.
Did they pre-make a python script to do these commands? Otherwise it seems very ambiguous. Kudos none the less.
We need more women in the IT and programming fields, and this should inspire it. If any sexist tells me that women don’t belong in tech, I will just mention Martha Root and this 🙂 If they say what she did was wrong, then it tells me ALL about their viewpoint. You go girl! You inspire me as AFAB in tech.
Bravo to this person!!!
And nothing of value was lost.
Go go power ranger!!!
more please Martha!
This can’t be real. Where’s all the neon green text raining down on the screen? And why didn’t the hacker say “I’m in.” when they successfully hacked the site?
Not all heroes wear capes, some of them wear pink spandex and helmets
„Been around the world and back home in the USA. Im a small town guy looking for a small town girl to be my tradwife on my homestead in the high desert. Looking for a partner with whom to pass the time with intelligent conversation, raising chickens, cats, maybe goats one day, and a sweet garden! Wheres my cute white tradwife?Presently building a home on land I own. Debt free. Off grid. One of the whitest counties in the USA. The stars are also clearly visible here at night.Raise kids off grid. Homeschool. No social media. Feral kids exposed to guns and dirt bikes and raising our own food. I would be open to discussing not even giving them birth certificates; its just a tax cattle thing and USA is in the death throes anyway. Definitely not interested in vaccinating nor circumcizing.Wearing makeup is cheating and unhealthy and I am not a fan. Let your natural beauty shine through. If you eat right, your body will heal and you will become naturally very beautiful.I was raised in a fairly traditional household where my mom ran the inside and my dad ran the outside. My mom worked part time out of the house, and thats something I would love to do differently that my dad was not capable of doing fully provide for my family and allow my wife to devote 100% to home and children.Im more attracted to younger women, generally in their 20s. I wish to allow plenty of time to get to know each other and still have time to procreate without any sense of rushing. Im certainly open to having a large family, like more than 4 kids.I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic school K-6. It completely turned me off of organized religion. Im rather spiritual and enjoy discussing my beliefs. I dont mind if you are religious or not as long as you keep any dogma to yourself.I work from home as a software engineer. Its interesting enough and pays well. I despised commuting when i last had an in-person job like 15 years ago.I traveled quite a lot for several years before the scamdemic and it had a great impact on me. I learned that racism is the natural state of being, and our intuition about others being different should be listened to. I also got it out of my system and have almost zero desire to travel any more.I have shoulder length hair and no plans to cut it. When I was in my 20s, it was mid-back and I find long hair suits me well. I tend to get bored with my beard and shave it off a couple times per year.I tend to rise with the sun and rarely need to use an alarm.“
That’s what a 43 year old wrote about himself on the nazi dating website. Hilarious in a way.
“Celebrated by some and criticised by others”, and by, “others”, you mean the Nazis’s on the site?
See Anonymous?! That’s what you’re supposed to do!
And published their location on okstupid.lol
You can also check whether they are in your neighborhood.
Martha Root is invited to the BBQ 👍🏾
If she really wanted to piss off white supremacists, she’d delete Grindr.
Now they can’t find a like minded partner to bring them happiness and they’ll go take out their frustrations on a minority 😢
Cool. Now delete student debt. (Yes, I know that only one of these things is that law enforcement would actually pursue.)
Germans are really trying to repent for the past.
She released an archive of the dating site, its users and their posts, media uploads and geolocations, etc. (okstupid.lol)
I’ve already found a few white supremacists near me