Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar isn’t buying it. After internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom posted claims that the defense contractor got breached, Sankar shot back on X, saying: “If the data ever drops (spoiler: it won’t), I’ll eat my ontology. Palantir still standing.”
In the post on X, Dotcom alleged that Palantir was hacked and sensitive data would soon be handed over to Russia and China. The Megaupload founder, who recently announced plans to bring back his file-sharing service and is facing extradition to the US on copyright charges, says he was picked as a “trusted partner” to publish the information but claims he had no role in any hack.
His claims went beyond a typical data breach. Dotcom said Palantir co-founders Peter Thiel and Alex Karp run large-scale surveillance on world leaders and industry magnates, including transcribed conversations of Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and Elon Musk. He also claimed Palantir works as a “division of the CIA” and gathers compromising material through hidden mechanisms in devices, cars, and airplanes.
There’s no independent proof yet. Security researchers haven’t published any indicators of compromise, no breach notification filings have appeared, and Palantir hasn’t issued a formal incident statement beyond Sankar’s dismissal. So, needless to say, Dotcom’s allegations should be taken with a grain of salt.
Palantir Technologies is a major AI and data analytics company working with government agencies and commercial clients. The Denver-based firm expects 2026 revenues between $7.182 billion and $7.198 billion, more than double last year, thanks to its Artificial Intelligence Platform seeing huge adoption across defense and enterprise sectors.
This comes hot on the heels of recent Palantir controversies. Discord just wrapped up an experiment with global age verification through Persona, a service backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel.
That sparked privacy concerns after Kotaku reported the Palantir connection, pushing Discord to distance itself from the ties. The platform says verification data gets deleted after seven days and is only used for age-checking.
Before this, a 2021 incident involved FBI personnel getting unauthorized access to restricted data through what prosecutors called a Palantir software issue, though the company blamed incorrect FBI usage instead of a glitch.
Right now, Sankar’s rebuttal is the only official Palantir response to what remains an unproven accusation spreading online. Without solid evidence or security firm backup, the “Palantir hacked” claims are just that for now.
Dwayne Cubbins
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