> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Gab - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/gab/ - Published: 1999-01-02T16:30:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-02T21:15:47.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization **Gab** is an American social media platform based in Dallas, Texas. ## History Gab was co-founded in August 2016 by [Andrew Torba](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Andrew-Torba) and Ekrem Büyükkaya, using crowdfunding platform [StartEngine](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/StartEngine).[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2) ### Security concerns Gab's website has had numerous security issues over the years. This includes leaking IP addresses through link previews, and keeping sensitive payment data on their public servers.[\[3\]](#fn3) Distributed Denial of Service hosts a [page](https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/GabLeaks) on its wiki with 70GB of posts, profiles, hashed passwords, and direct messages from a Gab data breach. On March 2, 2021, Proteus-Cyber reported that the breach was the result of a hacker "exploiting a garden-variety security flaw known as an SQL injection" pushed through by Gab's Chief Technology Officer, Fosco Marotto.[\[4\]](#fn4) On March 3, 2024, Gab CEO Rob Colbert threatened to use back-end data to build profiles of users considered “subversives.”[\[5\]](#fn5) ## External links - [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=gab) - [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gab-online) - [Distributed Denial of Secrets](https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/GabLeaks) - [Website](https://gab.com/) ### Further reading: - April 8, 2024: "[Lessons from Alt-Tech Failures](https://whiteroseintelligence.com/index.php/2024/04/11/lessons-from-alt-tech-failures/)" by Gabriel of [Libre Solutions Network](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Libre-Solutions-Network) --- 1. *Gab - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding.* Crunchbase. Retrieved April 8, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. *Gab.* StartEngine. Retrieved November 30, 2020, from [↩︎](#fnref2) 3. *Andrew Torba And The Grift Of Gab.* (2023, March 16). The Providence Post. [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. Goodin, D. (2021, March 2). *Rookie coding mistake prior to Gab hack came from site’s CTO | Ars Technica.* Proteus-Cyber. [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. Rob Colbert \[@shadowknight412\]. (2024, March 3). *Rob Colbert on Gab: “Act like you know about what I’m assembling behin….”* Gab Social. [↩︎](#fnref5)