Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-01-09 00:00:00
Affected organization: Parler
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Crash Override
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: United States of America
Description: A hacker who goes by the name Crash Override on Twitter claims she found a web address that Parler used internally to retrieve data. She made a list of all posts, videos, and images uploaded to Parler, including posts that users had deleted, such as those referring to the Capitol attack on January 6.