At the Chaos Communication Congress hacking conference, an activist under the pseudonym Martha Root conducted a demonstrative attack on the ultra-right dating service WhiteDate.
During the report "The Heartbreak Machine: Nazis in the Echo Chamber," Root, who appeared in a Pink Ranger costume, launched a Python script on stage and deleted the websites' databases and backups in real-time. Each command — from deleting domains to backups — was met with applause from the audience, reports dev.by.
The peculiarity of the attack was that before destroying the platform, Root deployed a chatbot based on Meta's open Llama model.
The bot was specifically trained to conduct conversations in the spirit of traditionalism and ultra-right values to gain users' trust and collect as much information as possible before the administration noticed the breach.
The prompt for the model instructed it to demonstrate interest in "traditional family roles and heritage," communicate amiably, and avoid sharing contact details before a personal meeting.
According to Root, WhiteDate's security turned out to be "as bad as it gets": the full list of users could be downloaded simply by opening a specific URL. As a result, she managed to obtain data from more than 6,500 accounts, about 86% of which belonged to men.
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