Hacktivist Deletes White Supremacist Websites Live Onstage During Hacker Conference

A hacktivist remotely shut down three white supremacist websites during a live onstage demonstration at a hacker conference last week. As of the publication date, the websites have not been restored online.

The pseudonymous hacker, who uses the name Martha Root, appeared onstage dressed as the Pink Ranger from Power Rangers and, in real time, deleted the servers hosting WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal. The action took place at the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany, at the conclusion of a conference talk.

Root delivered the presentation alongside journalists Eva Hoffmann and Christian Fuchs, who previously investigated the websites and published an article about them in October for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit.

At the time of writing, all three sites remain offline. Hoffmann has described WhiteDate as a “Tinder for Nazis,” WhiteChild as a platform claiming to connect white supremacist sperm and egg donors, and WhiteDeal as a labour marketplace resembling TaskRabbit but catering to racists.

The administrator of the three websites publicly acknowledged the incident on social media.
“They publicly delete all my websites while the audience rejoices. This is cyberterrorism,” the administrator wrote on X on Sunday, adding that repercussions would follow. The administrator also claimed that Root deleted their X account before it was later restored.

‼️A German hacker known as "Martha Root" dressed as a pink Power Ranger and deleted a white supremacist dating website live onstage

This happened during the recent CCC conference.

Martha had infiltrated the site, ran her own AI chatbot to extract as much information from users… pic.twitter.com/vpTEoFR8JR — International Cyber Digest (@IntCyberDigest) January 2, 2026

Root additionally published data allegedly scraped from WhiteDate. The hacktivist said the site had severe security weaknesses, calling its protections “poor cybersecurity hygiene that would make even your grandma’s AOL account blush.” According to Root, user-uploaded images contained precise geolocation metadata, effectively revealing users’ home locations.

“Imagine calling yourselves the ‘master race’ but forgetting to secure your own website — maybe try mastering to host WordPress before world domination,” Root wrote.

The leaked material includes user profiles containing names, photos, descriptions, ages, locations (including precise coordinates and user-entered country and state), gender, language, race, and other personal details submitted by users. Root stated that, “for now,” the dataset does not include email addresses, passwords, or private messages.

Based on leaked data, WhiteDate reportedly had more than 6,500 users, with 86% identifying as male and 14% as female. Root commented on the imbalance, calling it “a gender ratio that makes the Smurf village look like a feminist utopia.”

According to the conference talk abstract, Root gained access to the sites using AI chatbots that bypassed verification systems and were incorrectly classified as “white.”

The nonprofit transparency collective DDoSecrets later announced that it had received “files and user information” from the three websites. The group refers to the dataset as “WhiteLeaks.” While the data has not been publicly released, DDoSecrets said verified journalists and researchers can request access to the full 100-gigabyte archive.

The administrator of the websites did not immediately respond to TechAmerica.ai requests for comment, which were sent to an email address shown during the conference presentation and to addresses listed in public-domain registration records for two of the sites.

Root, Hoffmann, and Fuchs said they believe they have identified the real-world administrator of the websites as a woman based in Germany. That identity could not be independently confirmed.