Kiwi Farms hacked and user details exposed

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The founder's own admin account was compromised, as well as those belonging to many of Kiwi Farms' users
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The founder's own admin account was compromised, as well as those belonging to many of Kiwi Farms' users

The controversial website, whose users regularly targeted minorities for abuse, recently lost its protection from Cloudflare

Controversial online community Kiwi Farms, which has long been accused of encouraging targeted online and offline harassment campaigns, has been knocked offline after a hacker was able to access an...

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