New leak of Epik data exposes company’s entire server

<i>&gt; Epik CEO Rob Monster, who did not respond to requests for comment from the Daily Dot, would go on to hold a more than four hour long live video conference online to address the initial hack. The meeting would see Monster break out into prayer numerous times, make attempts to vanquish demons, and warn viewers that their hard drives could burst into flames due to “curses” placed on the hacked data.</i><p>Yikes.

I&#x27;m digging the ASCII art, although I think the kerning could be tweaked a bit:<p><pre><code> ________ _______ _____ ___ ____ ________ _ _____ _____ |_ __ | |_ __ \ |_ _| |_ ||_ _| |_ __ | &#x2F; \ |_ _| |_ _| | |_ \_| | |__) | | | | |_&#x2F; &#x2F; | |_ \_| &#x2F; _ \ | | | | | _| _ | ___&#x2F; | | | __&#x27;. | _| &#x2F; ___ \ | | | | _ _| |__&#x2F; | _| |_ _| |_ _| | \ \_ _| |_ _&#x2F; &#x2F; \ \_ _| |_ _| |__&#x2F; | |________| |_____| |_____| |____||____| |_____| |____| |____| |_____| |________| ________ _______ _____ ___ ____ ________ _ _____ _____ |_ __ | |_ __ \ |_ _| |_ ||_ _| |_ __ | &#x2F; \ |_ _| |_ _| | |_ \_| | |__) | | | | |_&#x2F; &#x2F; | |_ \_| &#x2F; _ \ | | | | | _| _ | ___&#x2F; | | | __&#x27;. | _| &#x2F; ___ \ | | | | _ _| |__&#x2F; | _| |_ _| |_ _| | \ \_ _| |_ _&#x2F; &#x2F; \ \_ _| |_ _| |__&#x2F; | |________| |_____| |_____| |____||____| |_____| |____| |____| |_____| |________|</code></pre>

Can&#x27;t say &quot;alt tech&quot; is doing much to persuade me to move away from &quot;Big Tech&quot;, despite how awful some of those companies are. This is an unmitigated disaster.

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=aZ9MFts28XI&amp;lc=UgzhE63LoInoN-w9OgB4AaABAg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=aZ9MFts28XI&amp;lc=UgzhE63LoInoN...</a><p>4 hour video of Epik CEO on livestream.

Is this one of the most brutal hacks in recent history?<p>Can’t say it’s not deserved considering the scope of data exposed.

If Epik doesn&#x27;t have the basic integrity to shut the hell down and get a security expert to rebuild their systems, then at the very least, I hope PayPal and friends are hurriedly cancelling those API keys (and the accounts that acquired and failed to secure them).

It would have been just better to report and target the content that you find hateful or illegal to the authorities directly to force the registrar in question (Epik) to take it down rather than a full fledged breach affecting beyond 15 million users. All for what?<p>Of course now it also affects people who haven&#x27;t even used the service. [0] Won&#x27;t be surprised to see the authorities being involved in the investigation of this breach.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;information-technology&#x2F;2021&#x2F;09&#x2F;epik-data-breach-impacts-15-million-users-including-non-customers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;information-technology&#x2F;2021&#x2F;09&#x2F;epik-...</a>