Parler data breach: Hackers claim they downloaded everything from Parler before it was taken offline

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The information could help American law-enforcement authorities to identify and locate perpetrators who used the platform to plan US Capitol violence

Hackers say they have archived massive amounts of public information from far-right social media platform Parler before it was taken down in the early hours of Monday morning. An independent hac...

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