Members of the hacker corporate Anonymous title to have leaked a large cache of information belonging to the Republican Party of Texas . The leak , the size of which is unclear , is say to let in the “ private documents ” of the administration .
According to the hackers , those documents are part of the treasure trove of information thatwasrecently slip from Epik , the controversial web recorder that has often been knock for its hosting of far - right groups and individuals .
When reached for gossip on Monday , the Texas GOP support to Gizmodo that it was a substance abuser of Epik ’s platform . The organization further stated that it had report the incident to Union law enforcement officials :
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“ This incident has been reported to the FBI and is currently under investigation . The reported passing water of information stems from a September 13 , 2021 attack on Epik , the internet site host supplier that was being used by numerous organizations including the Republican Party of Texas . ”
That September news leak spilled a reported “ decade ’s worth ” of Epik ’s data to the World Wide Web — some 180 GB of domain purchases and transfer , account credentials , electronic mail , and more . It was followed by another , subsequent leak on Sept. 30 , dub the “ The / b / Sides,”which reportedly containedbootable disk images of Epik ’s server .
This latest , GOP - related leak was announced in a recent “ press release ” posted on 4chan : “ Bet you cerebrate it was over , did n’t you ? HA ! HA ! ” the statementreads . In the release , the group claims that the Republicans ’ data cache contains “ private documents , database , muster article that did n’t make the narrative cut , dank meme ( ? ) , and only Raptor Jesus cognize what else . ”
Relevantly , the Texas Republican Party ’s website wasrecently hacked and defacedby members of Anonymous , after the state passed its controversialanti - abortion law of nature .
Gizmodo has not independently verified the GOP data . However , the Daily Dot ’s Mikael Thalenhas said thathe was able to affirm that the cache contains “ sensitive info including the name , phone numbers , and addresses of unpaid worker , donors , and job applier . ”
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