Parler has accidentally exposed the personal email addresses of more than 300 gold-badged or verified Parler accounts in a marketing letter.
According to Gizmodo, it seems like the outreach team of Parler confused CC and BCC fields, causing to accidentally reveal the personal email addresses of its verified users, including investors.
VIP Email Addresses Accidentally Exposed
On Monday, Parler, the right-wing social media platform, rushed to tell its most elite members about the company's acquisition agreement with Kanye West, also known as Ye.
The outreach team sent out an email about the news, which is carbon copied (CC'd) to a group of VIP users instead of blind carbon copied (BCC'd).
The result was the email addresses of the VIP users were exposed to one another. Now, everyone CC'd in the email has access to the personal email addresses of the VIP users.
According to Mashable, another problem with the email is anyone who gets forwarded the email will see the names and email addresses of those who are CC'd.
Among the VIP users whose email addresses are leaked are Ivanka Trump, Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, right-wing provocateur Andy Ngo, and Candace Owens, wife of Parler CEO George Farmer.
Because of the leak of the email addresses, the COO of Parler's parent company, Parlement Technologies, apologized to the VIPs through another email.
"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," reads the email.
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Parler's Email Talks About Ye's Acquisition of the Platform
Parler's email that exposed the email addresses of the VIPs announced "an agreement in principle" to sell Parler to Ye.
The email said that Parler's parent company is expected to complete the sale by the end of this year.
The deal was described as a "monumental new chapter" for the social media platform. However, despite starting a new chapter, the email said that Parler's core mission would remain the same.
The email made a promise that its VIPs would remain to be an invaluable part of Parler. Likewise, it said that the outreach team would keep on communicating with them.
"Our VIPs are an invaluable part of the Parler family and experience. We appreciate all your support and partnership in fighting for free speech, and we look forward to your involvement in this monumental new chapter," reads Parler's email.
However, the email did not provide further details about the deal with Ye.
According to Ye, his decision to buy Parler comes after Twitter and Instagram locked him out of his accounts for expressing anti-Semitic views. On Monday, he put up his Parler account.
"In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves," Ye said in a statement, as cited by Reuters.
According to research firm Apptopia, since Parler was launched, the platform has been installed 11.7 million times. The platform has an estimated 40,000 daily active users.
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