Thursday 20 October 2022 10:31 PM Parler accidentally LEAKS email addresses of VIP users trends now
Parler accidentally leaked the email addresses of 198 VIP users including Ivanka Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle.
The blunder happened after the rapper - also known as Ye - agreed to buy the pro-free speech app on Tuesday.
Users deemed VIPs were sent a group email gushing about the acquisition. But recipients addresses were added to the email using the carbon copy (cc) function, rather than the blind carbon copy (Bcc) function.
That means everyone who received the email could also see everyone else who received it - and their email addresses.
Some of the VIPs whose contact details were revealed included Trump siblings Eric and Ivanka, Don Jr.'s rumored fiancé Kimberly Guilfoyle and Eric's wife Lara.
Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem were also on the list.
Conservative pundits and influencers whose email addresses were shared also include Charlie Kirk, Jack Posobiec, Dan Bongino and Candace Owens, whose husband, George Farmer, is the CEO of the platform.
Some of the emails were government addresses, others tied individuals to specific political offices, including those of Ted Cruz and Matt Gaetz.
The email that was mistakenly blasted out to hundreds of Parler VIPs who had not been blind copied, thereby exposing their personal email addresses
Ye, formerly Kanye West, recently agreed to buy conservative-aligned social media app Parler, which is run by the husband of West's confidant Candace Owens
Among those whose private emails were exposed by the mishap was Kimberly Guilfoyle (right), partner to Don Jr. (left)
Eric and Ivanka Trump were two of the individuals whose email addresses were mistakenly leaked by Parler earlier this week
Project Veritas President James O'Keefe, who has previously had his home raided by the FBI, had his email exposed in the incident
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) were also among the influential conservatives whose email addresses went out with the accidental email
Following the accidental leak, COO of the company Josh Levine sent an apology follow up that read:
'Earlier today, we shared with you news about Ye’s intent to purchase Parler. In the excitement, we inadvertently included your email address in the CC field instead of the BCC field.
'To say we’re highly embarrassed is an understatement,' he wrote.
To add insult to injury, many of those contacted said they'd long-deserted Parler. It was set up in 2018 as an alternative to Twitter, over claims the social media giant was censoring conservative users.
But after an initial rush to join, the app was temporarily closed, and has struggled to
