Similarly, a Reddit user called BlueMountainDace exposed how Parler s hosting platform Twilio, accidentally revealed the app s security authentications in a press release. This made it very easy for anybody to access Parler s private content including chat history, geodata and even driver s license.
Remember how people were dunking on Parler for being built on WordPress? Well, through a plug-in exploit, literally all the user data (including photos of verified state id cards) has been retrieved by hackers and is being posted online. Lmao ♾️https://t.co/w1yexoUOxqpic.twitter.com/h2Mf7Fn1Sc Classic Bird Respecter (@BirdRespecter) January 11, 2021
As per technology expert Matthew Sheffield, the breach was possible due the Parler s long criticised lax security standards.
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@donk enby and Parler (Twitter, Getty Images)
Right-wing social network platform, Parler, was taken offline in the early hours of Monday, January 12, at around 5 am EST, but not before a hacker found a way to retrieve all data posted by users including messages, images, videos and users’ location data shared during last week’s attack on the Capitol Hill building in Washington, DC.
The data taken from Parler is still being processed but President Donald Trump s followers are already voicing their concerns about what the data dump could reveal about them and their activity in Washington, DC last week. The app has already disappeared from the Apple and Google app stores after they cut ties with the right-wing platform.
Recently shutdown social media app Parler is at the center of a yet another controversy, after allegations surfaced that the totality of its users' personal data was leaked in the wake of the network going offline.