The whistleblower site DDoSecrets says it will selectively share 70GB of encrypted passwords, private posts, and more with "journalists, social scientists, and researchers." Gab CEO Andrew Torba acknowledged the breach yesterday.
https://www.wired.com/story/gab-hack-data-breach-ddosecrets/
So it was a honeypot all along.
I'm sure the scumbag got paid well.