Data Leak from Far-Right Forum Poast Reveals Daycare Owner with Nazi Avatar

In May of this year, Poast, a far-right social media forum, experienced a data breach that resulted in the leak of thousands of email addresses, usernames, and direct messages. Poast is a federated social network that functions similarly to Mastodon and is similar to sites such as 4chan and the notorious Kiwi Farms.

Initial Findings

Initial analysis of the data showed widespread praise of Nazi ideology as well as frequent use of racial and homophobic slurs. The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism reported that there were 28,382 mentions of the N-word in the direct messages of users alone.

Further Examination

Further examination of the data revealed employees from leading tech giants, academia, and military among the site’s users. One user, who had an image of the Nazi sunwheel symbol as their profile picture, appears to work as a professor at a private Christian liberal arts school in North Carolina. They describe themselves as an “Unapologetic National Socialist” in their Poast bio.

Another user, who uses a Nazi “Totenkopf” skull for her profile picture, appears to run

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