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Security researchers download, leak 70TB of sensitive Parler data

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Parler has been booted off by Amazon from its AWS cloud platform while Apple and Google have already suspended its apps from their app stores.
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Amazon boots Parler from web hosting service over violent content

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Parler, a social media platform favored by pro-Trump groups, was completely offline Monday morning after Amazon knocked the company from its web hosting services Sunday night. The move by Amazon Web Services (AWS) leaves Parler without a digital home — a blow potentially even more serious than moves by Google and Apple to suspend it from their app stores. All three technology giants took action after saying Parler had violated their terms of service for allowing posts that could contribute to violence. The existential problems for Parler come as federal law enforcement continues to make arrests related to the violent Jan. 6 intrusion of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters. Posts on the social media platform were part of the long trail of digital evidence available to investigators. The mob included white supremacists and proponents of the QAnon conspiracy movement. Amazon’s decision was first reported by BuzzFeed News, which cited […]

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Smashing Security podcast #205: Zoom password pinching and Parler problems

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Watch out for a whole different type of shoulder-surfing, researchers uncover the CostaRicto hackers-for-hire gang, and we take a peek at who is behind Parler.

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