Kontroversiellt forum uppger att man hackats
Det kontroversiella internetforumet Kiwi Farms uppger att man har blivit hackade och att aktören bakom intrånget kan ha kommit åt kontoinformation om samtliga användare. Det handlar bland annat om mejladresser, användarnamn, lösenord, IP-adresser och aktivitetsloggar. Det skriver sajten ARS Technica, som hänvisar till uppgifter från forumets grundare Joshua Moon.
Kiwi Farms har mött stor kritik, då forumet bland annat har använts för att koordinera trakasserier och hat mot transpersoner.
Kiwi Farms
Wikipedia (en)
Kiwi Farms, formerly known as CWCki Forums ( KWIH-kee), is an Internet forum that facilitates the discussion and harassment of online figures and communities. Their targets are often subject to organized group trolling and stalking, as well as doxxing and real-life harassment. These actions have tied Kiwi Farms to the suicides of three people targeted by members of the forum.Kiwi Farms' connection to several controversies and harassment campaigns has caused the forum to be blocked by internet service providers or refused service by companies. After the Christchurch mosque shootings, the site was blocked in New Zealand. In 2021, after the suicide of Near, a non-binary software developer who was subject to targeted and organised group harassment by members of the site, DreamHost stopped providing their domain registration services to Kiwi Farms. In September 2022, Kiwi Farms was blocked by Cloudflare, due to an "an imminent and emergency threat to human life". Following intermittent availability, The Daily Dot confirmed VanwaTech was providing content delivery network services to the site, which brought it back online.
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