Hackers expose Texas GOP's 'sensitive documents' and 'dark memes' in wake of abortion law: report

The hacker group Anonymous has released a new trove of data obtained from Epik, the domain hosting website that has become synonymous with far-right groups and causes.

The latest data, released Monday, reportedly contains a backup of the Texas Republican Party's server and includes "sensitive documents, a database, and more," according to journalist Steven Monacelli.

In a news release accompanying the data posted on Twitter by Monacelli, Anonymous wrote that "it seems the Texas GOP lost their backups, Anonymous is generously including one, complete with all of their private documents, database, draft articles that didn't make the narrative cut, dark memes(?) and only Raptor Jesus knows what else."

"It's time to reclaim this series of tubes from Nazi scum. It's clear that the feds aren't going to do it. Save the children from Q," the release states, an apparent reference to the QAnon conspiracy group.

The Daily Dot notes that, "The Texas GOP website had been defaced by Anonymous in retaliation for the state's controversial abortion ban on Sept. 11."

The Anonymous news release encourages people to "keep messing" with "anti-choice states," adding that, "Abortion is a human right"

Monday's release of data represents part three of what Anonymous has dubbed "Operation EPIK FAIL," and what extremism researchers have referred to as "a Rosetta Stone to the far-right."

"The leaks have continued to cause widespread fallout for Epik's customers, which includes websites such as Parler, Gab, 8chan, and TheDonald," according to the Daily Dot. "It remains unclear what fallout will result from the third release as journalists and researchers struggle to sift through the enormous amounts of information already present in the previous two leaks."