Someone Published All the Membership Data From a Neo-Nazi Website

The data dump includes members' public posts and private chats.

Data Dump

Prior to its abrupt close in November 2017, Iron March was one of the most influential neo-Nazi websites in the world. Investigators have linked the site to murders, acts of terrorism, and fascist groups in at least nine different countries.

And now, thanks to a leak from an anonymous source, researchers have access to the entire contents of Iron March — including the user names, registered email addresses, and IP addresses of nearly 1,000 site members.

Hate Speech

On Wednesday, someone using the handle "antifa-data" posted a 1GB SQL database appearing to contain all of the data from Iron March to the Internet Archive.

In addition to info that could lead to the identification of Iron March members, the database also includes the contents of members' public messages and private chats, much of which — as you'd expect from a neo-Nazi site— is rife with hateful speech and white supremacist rhetoric.

Dropping Names

Disturbingly, as noted by Bellingcat, an open source journalism website, early analysis of the leak suggests that several Iron March members were active military personnel at the time they posted to the site. Others, meanwhile, expressed a strong desire to join the military.

Several members of the site have been outed directly on social media already, including a former congressional candidate — and the leak is likely to help researchers and investigators identify numerous other neo-Nazis.

READ MORE: Members of violent white supremacist website exposed in massive data dump [Ars Technica]

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