In our previous coverage, we exposed how “Antifa US” was utilizing two fake owners as a front-end disguise. While that discovery was alarming, it was merely the surface. In this chapter of The Predator Files, we open the file on “Subdomain Subterfuge” to reveal what was hiding on the back end—and the results expose a sophisticated, politically motivated intelligence operation.
Beyond a Hobby Blog
Upon digging deeper into the site’s infrastructure, it became immediately clear that Antifa Watch was not a standard hobbyist blog or a simple WordPress site. The investigation uncovered a complex network of dozens of subdomains labeled with professional development tags such as “bot flow,” “integration,” and “production.”
While the main site was associated with the controversial hosting provider Epik, this massive backend infrastructure—the “subdomain subterfuge”—was hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This distinction is crucial; it indicates a professionally developed system designed for scale and high-level data processing rather than simple content publishing.
A Digital Manhunt Marketplace
The investigation revealed that the site’s purpose went far beyond commentary. It was functioning as a data-scraping machine. The site employed custom bots to scrape data on alleged Antifa members and utilized a proprietary facial recognition search engine that the administrators trained themselves.
Perhaps most disturbing was the interactive nature of this surveillance. The site featured a system allowing users to submit photos of individuals they wanted identified, effectively crowdsourcing doxxing. This feature even included a “bounty” system for positive identifications, turning the platform into what investigators are calling a “manhunt marketplace.”
The Epik Connection
Currently, Antifa Watch hosts the doxxed information of over 13,000 people and maintains a mirrored version of the site on the dark web. The investigation concludes that this is not a public service, but a “major politically based intelligence op with bad intentions.”
As we peel back the layers of Antifa Watch, the situation grows increasingly strange and shady—a sentiment that many observers already share regarding its host, Epik, and its founder Rob Monster.
