Also in mid-November, safety researcher Kevin Abosch claimed to have found weaknesses in Parler's user verification facts, alleging 5,000 accounts ended up compromised in July 2020. Matze calling the alleged hack "fake", including that the assistance is guarded by "various levels of safety". Matze instructed The Forward he was unaware of antisemitic articles on Parler, but he was unsurprised it was there.