Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference

A hacktivist remotely deleted three white supremacist websites live onstage during a talk at a hacker conference last week. As of publication, the sites have not returned online.

The pseudonymous hacker, who goes by Martha Root, wiped the servers hosting WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal in real time during the closing moments of a presentation at the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany. Root appeared onstage dressed as the Pink Ranger from Power Rangers.

Root delivered the talk alongside journalists Eva Hoffmann and Christian Fuchs, who previously reported on the hacked websites for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit in October.

As of this writing, WhiteDate — which Hoffmann described as a “Tinder for Nazis” — WhiteChild, a website that claimed to match white supremacist sperm and egg donors, and WhiteDeal, a labour marketplace aimed at racists, are all offline.

The administrator of the three websites confirmed the breach 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 there would be repercussions. The administrator also claimed that Root deleted their X account, which was later restored.

At min 43, they publicly delete all my websites while the audience rejoices. This is cyberterrorism. No wonder some of them hide their faces. But we will find them, and trust me, there will be repercussions. https://t.co/XqN7RdxJDU — WhiteDate.Net (@whitedatenet) January 4, 2026

Root also published data allegedly scraped from WhiteDate online. According to the hacker, the site’s public data revealed what they described as deplorable cybersecurity practices. Root said uploaded images contained precise geolocation metadata, potentially exposing users’ real-world locations.

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

According to the dataset, WhiteDate had more than 6,500 users, with approximately 86% identified as men and 14% as women.

Root said the websites were infiltrated using AI chatbots that bypassed verification processes and were approved as “white,” according to the talk’s abstract.

DDoSecrets, a nonprofit group that archives leaked datasets in the public interest, announced that it has received files and user information from the three websites. The collective has labelled the data release “WhiteLeaks” and has not publicly released the full dataset. Instead, it is inviting verified journalists and researchers to request access to the approximately 100-gigabyte collection.

The administrator of the websites did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent to email addresses displayed during the conference presentation and listed in public domain registration records.

Root, Hoffmann, and Fuchs have stated that they identified the individual behind the websites as a woman based in Germany. TechAmerica.ai could not independently verify the administrator’s identity.