More than 40 million posts, messages, profiles, and hashed passwords compromised. 70 GB leak of data fell into the hands of activist group DDoSecrets. Activists claim the data is an important sociological resource. CEO Andrew Torba initially downplayed the seriousness of the alleged data breach at Gab, preferring to shoot the messenger instead: “We can only presume the reporters, who write for a publication that has written many hit pieces on Gab in the past, are assisting the hacker in his efforts to smear our business and hurt you, our users””]