alert Epik Had A Major Breach

[Silentptnr]

Just read this. Looks like Epik may have been hacked and sensitive data compromised...

Read here:
https://domainnamewire.com/2021/09/14/hackers-claim-significant-epik-breach/

Thought I would share this.

 

[frank-germany]

we have been incubating a proprietary bug reporting system. It is not ready yet but we think it is mission critical enough to self-host it.

wow

And, yes, I still have faith in you.

wow

 

[Derek Peterson]

As others will have pointed out, our bug bounty program was informal through email and our ticketing system. We absolutely did and do pay out many bug bounties over the years to ethical hackers.

As of earlier this year, we have been incubating a proprietary bug reporting system. It is not ready yet but we think it is mission critical enough to self-host it.

In the end, we went with a commercial solution since we would rather have hackers choose an ethical path, and we realize that their skills and time have value.

HackerOne is one we did consider for our formal bug bounty platform, but since they never replied to our inquiries, why we went with BugCrowd.

As for the mystery of the $444 deposited to your GoFundMe page, as I guess that mystery is unsolved for you despite the bread crumbs, here is a clue for what that was about.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1445391867361771533

And, yes, I still have faith in you.

Monster post hack actions:
1) Curse data.
2) Offer up customers to sacrifice.
3) Cuck.

 

[Derek Peterson]

I appreciate that you are all talking about me. I will not address your lies, fake "evidence" etc.

Have a good life.

Joey Camp

I don't hate you. I had never even heard your name until Monster was bad mouthing you on his live stream and offered you up as a sacrifice to the hordes, which I found disgusting as someone who actually believes in free speech. Other than that, all I know is what this user, Molly, has said and I have no idea who she is or if she is even a real person. I am honestly not interested in the online beef between the two of you and I know it is always best to stay out of e-celeb drama but I am interested in exposing this grifter, Rob Monster, who is trying to redefine US 1A into some European version and using the name of Christ as part of his affinity grift to manipulate people but mostly because he is a danger to good people. For years, he has been lying about his products and services putting the lives of dissidents and activists and Christians all over the world in peril and now we see the result of his ignoring all those warning that he answered with threats and personal attacks. It's almost like all this was his plan all along.

Anyway, I know you can't very well admit to anything that could potentially be used against you but please do the best you can.

1) Are those posts that show your conversation with Monster about Molly real or fake?
2) In your post attached you seem to believe that Monster did a deal with "hackers", do you think he has done any deals with feds or antifa types before the hack was published to ID customers?
3) Did Monster ask you to research me in any way? (I won't do anything to you) I've heard some things...

Don't let Rob Monster use you. He is a dishonest person that has hurt a lot of good people and will continue to hurt good people if he is able, and he'll throw you under any bus if it serves him.

 

[bmugford]

As for the mystery of the $444 deposited to your GoFundMe page, as I guess that mystery is unsolved for you despite the bread crumbs, here is a clue for what that was about.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1445391867361771533

And, yes, I still have faith in you.

When I donate money to a cause or charity, I don't publicly try to take credit for it. It makes me question how sincere it actually is.

Regardless, this is just more deflection away from answering the hard questions IMO.

Stop deflecting and start answering the tough questions people have for you.

Brad

 

[Future Sensors]

When I donate money to a cause or charity, I don't publicly try to take credit for it. It makes me question how sincere it actually is.

My first impression was this:

Winning hearts and minds is a concept occasionally expressed in the resolution of war, insurgency, and other conflicts, in which one side seeks to prevail not by the use of superior force, but by making emotional or intellectual appeals to sway supporters of the other side.​

 

[Molly White]

I don't hate you. I had never even heard your name until Monster was bad mouthing you on his live stream and offered you up as a sacrifice to the hordes, which I found disgusting as someone who actually believes in free speech. Other than that, all I know is what this user, Molly, has said and I have no idea who she is or if she is even a real person. I am honestly not interested in the online beef between the two of you and I know it is always best to stay out of e-celeb drama but I am interested in exposing this grifter, Rob Monster, who is trying to redefine US 1A into some European version and using the name of Christ as part of his affinity grift to manipulate people but mostly because he is a danger to good people. For years, he has been lying about his products and services putting the lives of dissidents and activists and Christians all over the world in peril and now we see the result of his ignoring all those warning that he answered with threats and personal attacks. It's almost like all this was his plan all along.

Anyway, I know you can't very well admit to anything that could potentially be used against you but please do the best you can.

1) Are those posts that show your conversation with Monster about Molly real or fake?
2) In your post attached you seem to believe that Monster did a deal with "hackers", do you think he has done any deals with feds or antifa types before the hack was published to ID customers?
3) Did Monster ask you to research me in any way? (I won't do anything to you) I've heard some things...

Don't let Rob Monster use you. He is a dishonest person that has hurt a lot of good people and will continue to hurt good people if he is able, and he'll throw you under any bus if it serves him.

This is not "drama". This is Camp, with Monster's help, endangering me (a real person, yes) and my family because they are displeased with my volunteer work on Wikipedia. (Yes, that is what has caused this years-long campaign against me). Both have described my work there as "defamatory"; neither have been able to point to a single edit I've made that is not supported by proper sourcing (despite repeated invitations to do so).

I apologize if anyone feels my asking these questions is off-topic in these forums.

 

[bmugford]

My first impression was this:

Winning hearts and minds is a concept occasionally expressed in the resolution of war, insurgency, and other conflicts, in which one side seeks to prevail not by the use of superior force, but by making emotional or intellectual appeals to sway supporters of the other side.​

There are many legitimate questions about Epik's security protocols, connections, behavior, and actions after the data breach. A random donation answers none of those.

The point of that post is rather transparent in my view.

Rob, setup a GoFundMe and I will "donate" $444 if you promise to answer every legitimate question. Deal?

Brad

 

[Future Sensors]

This is not "drama". This is Camp, with Monster's help, endangering me (a real person, yes) and my family because they are displeased with my volunteer work on Wikipedia. (Yes, that is what has caused this years-long campaign against me). Both have described my work there as "defamatory"; neither have been able to point to a single edit I've made that is not supported by proper sourcing (despite repeated invitations to do so).

I was impressed by the way you documented the video meeting.

 

[Molly White]

I was impressed with the way you documented the video meeting.

Thank you. As you have probably noticed from the whole Wikipedia editing hobby, making public information and knowledge freely available and more accessible to wider audiences is a passion of mine. This, of course, does not extend to doxing, which I have never engaged in—people, even people I dislike, have a right to privacy, and I have no interest in making people feel unsafe in their own homes. It is an unpleasant feeling.

 

[Derek Peterson]

This is sickening on many levels.

 

[DN Playbook]

@Molly White, what has been done to you and your family sounds very serious. I hope you are documenting all the evidence.

@Kirtaner, I am wondering what RM is trying to say with his post about your GFM page and why he made a contribution. Maybe to humiliate you? But more likely to underhandedly expose your real name. And nothing to do with his generous spirit. Although you seem to be very open about your name and your handle. His playbook in dealing with scandals is to gaslight, deflect, change the subject, etc.

 

[Derek Peterson]

This is not "drama". This is Camp, with Monster's help, endangering me (a real person, yes) and my family because they are displeased with my volunteer work on Wikipedia. (Yes, that is what has caused this years-long campaign against me). Both have described my work there as "defamatory"; neither have been able to point to a single edit I've made that is not supported by proper sourcing (despite repeated invitations to do so).

I apologize if anyone feels my asking these questions is off-topic in these forums.

I don't think your posts regarding this subject or the responses, including mine, are off-topic at all as it is another very good example of the lengths Rob Monster will go to silence critics and cover up truth. His lies and cover up regarding his products and services is exactly what brought us this point.

It is not that I don't believe you, it's just that, even with everything I know about Monster, it's still very shocking that he would hire, or at least incite, someone to mess with a girl over a post on Wikipedia. I seriously doubt that someone like Joey would even bother with someone like you unless he was motivated in some way by Monster, probably financially. Monster loves to find desperate people or companies that he can manipulate and control with money. I know of several such examples.

I'm sure we would disagree on most things in the world but this is disgusting and I sincerely hope he is punished for it. He really is a coward, he uses proxies to do his dirty work and speaks in whispers behind the scenes. It really annoys me that this grifter claims to be a Christian and a defender of free speech. He is literally the exact opposite.

He has threatened to sue me several times, about 10 other people in the Fediverse, Dan dot com, this forum and all the posters in this thread and many others and all for simply telling the truth. And he has actually defamed all those people in the process.

My unsolicited advice for you is to file criminal report and then file civil suit against both and then have your attorney reach out to Joey and offer pass if he spills beans on Monster and teach Monster a serious lesson.

Do you know who the billionaire investor is that gave Monster $32,000,000 that he mentioned in his live stream?

BTW - How in the world did you transcribe that entire trash fire of a livestream?! I could barely get through it at 1.5X. Do you do that all manually or this there some application that does it at least partially? How long does something like that take you?

 

[Molly White]

Do you know who the billionaire investor is that gave Monster $32,000,000 that he mentioned in his live stream?

BTW - How in the world did you transcribe that entire trash fire of a livestream?! I could barely get through it at 1.5X. Do you do that all manually or this there some application that does it at least partially? How long does something like that take you?

I do not.

I started with the YouTube autogenerated transcript, which reduced the time a bit, and I type quickly. I actually used to do some transcription as a side gig back in college, though not for long—the pay was pretty bad. The last bit of the transcription, which was not captured in Mikael Thalen's YouTube recording, I transcribed manually. It probably took me about fifteen hours all told.

 

[Derek Peterson]

$500 bounty to first person can tell me the name, with proof, of the Billionaire that gave Rob Monster / Epik, $32,000,000 approximately 2 months before the hack. Please DM me.

 

[Derek Peterson]

I do not.

I started with the YouTube autogenerated transcript, which reduced the time a bit, and I type quickly. I actually used to do some transcription as a side gig back in college, though not for long—the pay was pretty bad. The last bit of the transcription, which was not captured in Mikael Thalen's YouTube recording, I transcribed manually. It probably took me about fifteen hours all told.

That's dedication.

 

[DN Playbook]

I do not.

I started with the YouTube autogenerated transcript, which reduced the time a bit, and I type quickly. I actually used to do some transcription as a side gig back in college, though not for long—the pay was pretty bad. The last bit of the transcription, which was not captured in Mikael Thalen's YouTube recording, I transcribed manually. It probably took me about fifteen hours all told.

Is there a link to it? Maybe I missed it.

 

[Future Sensors]

Is there a link to it? Maybe I missed it.

https://blog.mollywhite.net/monster-qa/

 

[FernandoBMS]

It's been speculated that the billionaire who invested in Epik is Robert Mercer, of Cambridge Analytica fame, given the billionaire's proximity to Rob Monster's ideology and the fact that his daughter Rebekah Mercer is bankrolling Parler.

 

[Kirtaner]

It's been speculated that the billionaire who invested in Epik is Robert Mercer, of Cambridge Analytica fame, given the billionaire's proximity to Rob Monster's ideology and the fact that his daughter Rebekah Mercer is bankrolling Parler.

oh cool I'm just making all sorts of friends in that family now aren't I

(Context: I was the one behind multiple hacking incidents on Parler last November, the CEO personally invited me to join, another hacker was inspired by my efforts, poked at the platform, and she ended up doing the complete content scrape shortly thereafter - fellow Demon hacker)

 

[johnn]

Rob started a thread in the other dead forum and criticizing this thread and suggested for more open discussion. Give me a break.
Where were you since the incident until now.
People here have been waiting since September for "open discussion" and you are no where to be found.
There is no news or information from your company to acknowledge the breach and what would you do to make sure it's not happen again.
You have your head in the sand for so long, hiding from the public and your customers and now you call yourself an CEO of the Company and an owner of the dead forum?
Also people over there are discussing how to be good Christian now - and that's related to the incident???

Just 2 simple questions that you need to answer why did you do it to mess your customer life:
1. Store data in plain text along with the security code
2. The breach happen months before September. Did you know that or you don't know until now?

Be a man.

 

[Derek Peterson]

It's been speculated that the billionaire who invested in Epik is Robert Mercer, of Cambridge Analytica fame, given the billionaire's proximity to Rob Monster's ideology and the fact that his daughter Rebekah Mercer is bankrolling Parler.

Agreed. He is most likely candidate but we also have to consider:
1) Mike Lindell (pillow guy) - What a manic, delusional and weird conversation that would be to listen in on.
2) Peter Theil (and Jeff Giesea) - Daddy of the alt-right and one of the most evil companies on the planet - facial recognition, killer bots, etc. Geisea's family ran the infamous Bohemain Grove for decades.
3) Patrick Byrne (Overstock) - Confessed to working with the feds for 20 years while running an internet furniture store and helped put some innocent little Russian girl in jail after taking advantage of her sexually.

IMHO - Byrne is sincere but gullible. Lindell is sincere but mentally ill. Mercers are evil agents. Theil is evil as the day is long.

Epik's previous partners was Braden Pollock, husband of [redacted], who is the daughter of [redacted]. Strange bed fellows to the say the least.

Attached is pic of Theil with founder of gab.

Edited by moderator: removed the names of someone's family members. The rest of this post was not reviewed. Internal ref: /c/3239481/

 

[Windoms]

Epik will retain the business of their 63 or so afficionados, but everyone else is going to leave.

Registrar with far right and child porn ties all over the web.
Its leper.
They dont understand that yet.
People run away from leper.
No business.
No hobbyist.
No domainer.

People dont care about "hacks are the new threat" speech.
They care about leper.
Thats the issue.
No solution to that issue.
No solution, no business.

Thats the reality, the core issue, intended by the hackers themselves.

Then theres hackers still eager to mess you up.
You'd need to shut down, rebrand, rebuild.
And stay exiled out of politics and other talk.
Given lawsuits dont put you bankrupt.

Problem is.
CEO is stubborn.

Dont risk your domains over there.

 

[Derek Peterson]

Epik will retain the business of their 63 or so afficionados, but everyone else is going to leave.

Registrar with far right and child porn ties all over the web.
Its leper.
They dont understand that yet.
People run away from leper.
No business.
No hobbyist.
No domainer.

People dont care about "hacks are the new threat" speech.
They care about leper.
Thats the issue.
No solution to that issue.
No solution, no business.

Thats the reality, the core issue, intended by the hackers themselves.

Then theres hackers still eager to mess you up.
You'd need to shut down, rebrand, rebuild.
And stay exiled out of politics and other talk.
Given lawsuits dont put you bankrupt.

Problem is.
CEO is stubborn.

Dont risk your domains over there.

The hackers will have control of all until full rebuild. It will take at least a year to rebuilt. There only chance is to either purchase another registrar with good code or white label. Monster is the king of white labels so wouldn't surprise me to see him pitching his new, fully secure and PRIVATE service that is actually owned and managed by someone else.

 

[bmugford]

I noticed on the other domain forum that the "struggle session" thread posted by Rob, that was supposed to be an "open dialogue", is no longer publicly viewable.

Currently it shows the following -

"You must be logged-in to do that."

I wonder why.

Brad

 

[oldtimer]

There only chance is to either purchase another registrar with good code or white label.

Looks like we agree on something,

I had suggested opening a whole new Registrar ( perhaps with a whole new name) a few posts earlier,

But in order to avoid more trouble in the future Rob also has to come up with a whole new mindset, strategy, goal, and platform and more importantly if he wants to be the champion for Free Speech amongst Registrars then he needs to make sure that his company is going to treat all law abiding people and groups equally regardless of if he personally agrees with them or not.

Also he needs to make sure that he or anyone else in his company doesn't retaliate in anyway against people who are using their right of Free Speech in a legitimate way to criticize or oppose his actions or views or that of his associates and friends.

IMO