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   "Downfall" of 4chan? Infamous site hit with alleged hack as attackers cause   
   major outage, leak source code   
      
   Date:   
   Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:32:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   "Nothing of value was lost", 4chan says, despite rumored attack   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Infamous anonymous imageboard 4chan has reportedly been hacked and taken   
   offline, with the website unable to load.    
      
   A hacker was apparently dwelling on 4chans systems for over a year before   
   deciding to pull the trigger.    
      
   The threat actor leaked a few screenshots to prove the website was hacked,    
   and on those screenshots it showed the sites alleged backend, source code,    
   and banning templates. Furthermore, the hacker leaked a list of 4chan   
   moderators and janitors, essentially the websites operators.    
      
   Praising the downfall    
      
   4chan is one of the worlds most popular anonymous imageboards. It is a forum   
   where users cannot register an account, and in which threads disappear after    
   a while (unless archived, which only happens in certain situations). It    
   gained notoriety in the past when its users rallied to conduct raids - often   
   promoting fascism, racism, and other destructive ideologies - for the lulz   
   (for fun).    
      
   Memes like Pepe the Frog, Pedo Bear, the Anonymous Guy Fawkes mask, and many   
   other trends, originated on 4chan. The raids included flooding live streams,   
   massive multiplayer games and chat platforms, other forums, and similar. The   
   forum and its users also had their rivals, mostly ebaumsworld (to which they   
   always tried to shift the blame during the raids), and 8chan.    
      
   On social media, users of these boards are now gloating and praising 4chans   
   downfall.    
      
   TechCrunch spoke to one of the janitors, who said the imageboard suffered   
   hacks and DDoS attacks in the past, but stressed that this one might be   
   particularly dangerous since it would seem the hacker has full control over   
   the site.    
      
   Ive been most concerned with the leaked information , for obvious reasons,   
   said the janitor. Id wager that the fact that 4chan was effectively taken    
   over by a hacker(s) is probably worse than screenshots, at least from the   
   perspective of the sites continued operation.    
      
   They also told the publication that the stolen data was probably authentic.    
      
   Whenever 4chan would go offline in the past, or whenever someone would   
   threaten legal action against it, users would respond with a now-famous    
   quote, which Ill use here as well: Nothing of value was lost.    
      
    Via TechCrunch   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/4chan-hit-with-alleged-hack-attackers-c   
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