**Chaos Unleashed: White Supremacist Websites Wiped from the Internet Live on Stage**
Last week, at the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany, a bold and daring hacktivist known only by their pseudonym “Martha Root” left the online community abuzz. Donning a Pink Ranger costume from the Power Rangers, Root took to the stage to demonstrate a most impressive feat: remotely deleting three white supremacist websites, WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal, in real-time.
For those unfamiliar, WhiteDate is a website described by journalist Eva Hoffmann as a “Tinder for Nazis” – a dating platform that allows users to connect with like-minded individuals. But what’s even more disturbing is that the website collects an astonishing amount of user data, including name, photos, description, age, location (complete with exact coordinates and user-set country and state), gender, language, and – get this – race.
Root exposed the concerning security practices employed by the website, pointing out that the photos uploaded by users included full geolocation metadata. Think of it as handing out home addresses with a side of awkward selfies – not exactly the kind of data you’d want to share with the world.
But here’s the kicker: the websites were taken down not only because of their alarming data collection practices, but also because of the AI-powered chatbots used to infiltrate them. These clever bots bypassed the verification processes in place, verifying the users as “white” in a move that’s left many in the online community scratching their heads.
The administrator of the websites was quick to denounce the hack as “cyberterrorism” on their social media accounts. They also claimed that Root deleted their X account before it was restored – but not before the data was already shared with the world.
The dataset, dubbed “WhiteLeaks” by the non-profit collective DDoSecrets, has been made available to verified journalists and researchers. The collective has decided not to publicly release the data, but is instead accepting requests for access to the 100 GB dataset.
As for the administrator of the websites, they’ve remained tight-lipped, declining to comment on the incident for TechCrunch’s request. And, as for Root’s identity? Still unknown.
**Update:** Since we first published this article, the links to the websites have been reported as down by multiple sources.
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