"The semi-anonymous hacktivist, who goes by the name Martha Root, deleted the servers of three neo-Nazi websites live onstage at the Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany last week. After giving a talk on ethical hacking alongside journalists Eva Hoffmann and Christian Fuchs, Martha, dressed as Kimberly Hart from the Power Rangers TV series, then proceeded to delete the servers for WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal, as the elated audience applauded."
"A viral clip of the moment, shared across social media, shows Martha opening up a Python code script, which begins erasing the sites and their back-ups, as well as several email accounts associated with the websites. Speaking to Tech Crunch, they claimed that accessing WhiteDate's public data was surprisingly easy thanks to "poor cybersecurity hygiene that would make even your grandma's AOL account blush"."
Martha Root, a semi-anonymous ethical hacker, deleted the servers of three neo-Nazi websites live onstage at the Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg. She had given a talk on ethical hacking with journalists Eva Hoffmann and Christian Fuchs, then, dressed as Kimberly Hart from the Power Rangers, performed the takedowns to audience applause. The targeted sites were WhiteDate (described as "Tinder for Nazis"), WhiteChild (a sperm and egg donor matching site), and WhiteDeal (described as a labour marketplace for racists). The sites' administrator reported the websites were deleted and briefly lost a social media account, calling the action cyberterrorism. A viral clip shows a Python script erasing sites, backups and associated email accounts, and the hacker said accessing WhiteDate's public data was surprisingly easy due to poor cybersecurity hygiene.
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