You gotta find the people to prosecute too. That's the problem. They all hide behind VPN's and proxy's so it makes it hard to pin them down and you KNOW the Federal Government isn't interested in going after them like they did Wikileaks and Anon. So they're going to try to blackmail Gab's CEO for the data, and regardless of if he pays out or not, they're going to leak it. Because that's what they do.
For some reason, I find 70GB of data hard to believe. Gab seemed to be on top of the breach and I highly doubt they were able to get that much data in that short amount of time. I think a lot of that is bluffing.
Shit, they might not even have data at all. That's the shit part about blackmail. They can just CLAIM they did it and if their demands aren't met, they'll leak the data. But you can't leak what you don't have. And regardless, if they have the data, they're going to leak it anyway. So, at the end of the day, it'd be stupid to cave to their demands. Because if they have it, they're going to leak it. If they don't, they're bluffing and won't leak anything. And no amount of pandering is going to change that.
Fuck them. Leak it. I don't see the problem. The media would need massive databases to cross reference emails addresses that are stored, but most people just post under their real name anyway, so who cares?
Sue the individual; full lawfare. IANAL, but you either looking at defamation or loss of income. However it has to be classified, you are driving people away from Gab by hacking or pretending to hack to scare people away so it's costing you business.
I wonder how this would play out in court for copyright infringement? © 2021 Gab AI, Inc. It should be a criminal offense, however, we all know our justice system is completely infiltrated and broken. The thing is that all the posts are available to the public, regardless of whether you are a member on the site or not. I don't know about group posts, because I'm not in any of those. But the main feed posts are public. You don't have to be 'logged in' to see them.
You gotta find the people to prosecute too. That's the problem. They all hide behind VPN's and proxy's so it makes it hard to pin them down and you KNOW the Federal Government isn't interested in going after them like they did Wikileaks and Anon. So they're going to try to blackmail Gab's CEO for the data, and regardless of if he pays out or not, they're going to leak it. Because that's what they do.
For some reason, I find 70GB of data hard to believe. Gab seemed to be on top of the breach and I highly doubt they were able to get that much data in that short amount of time. I think a lot of that is bluffing.
Shit, they might not even have data at all. That's the shit part about blackmail. They can just CLAIM they did it and if their demands aren't met, they'll leak the data. But you can't leak what you don't have. And regardless, if they have the data, they're going to leak it anyway. So, at the end of the day, it'd be stupid to cave to their demands. Because if they have it, they're going to leak it. If they don't, they're bluffing and won't leak anything. And no amount of pandering is going to change that.
Fuck them. Leak it. I don't see the problem. The media would need massive databases to cross reference emails addresses that are stored, but most people just post under their real name anyway, so who cares?
Sue the individual; full lawfare. IANAL, but you either looking at defamation or loss of income. However it has to be classified, you are driving people away from Gab by hacking or pretending to hack to scare people away so it's costing you business.