this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2025
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Not sure if this is against the rules or not

The IPs of all janitors and admins have been leaked

4chan's entire tech stack is built of outdated and insecure myPHP

Not sure where the source code is from but I think it's the forum that did all of this in the first place

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[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Nintoddler being a slur is somehow very funny to me.

[–] Enceladus_One@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I used to use 4chan when I was a teenager, I didn't post much though, mostly just read through stuff. There has been a lot of awful stuff. I used to think it was cool or edgy, but now that I'm older and smarter I don't really think so anymore. Suffice to say, I'm not going to miss 4chan in the slightest.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Freedom isnt always pretty or smart. Especially at the edges. But those edges need to exist. Not for you, but for everyone.

[–] Leg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

My sentiments exactly. I'm content to watch it burn to the ground.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

Not even the world's worst captchca saved them! Maybe if you had to solve one for every letter you type, they wouldn't have gotten hacked.

[–] Beartotem@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

In the media soon: The notorious hacker 4chan strikes again, his latest victim: 4chan.

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 92 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Was something of value lost?

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 40 points 1 week ago
[–] sudo@programming.dev 27 points 1 week ago

No, in fact we might begin healing. 🙏

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The /GROG/ threads in /tg/ were a constant source of good posts by Oldhammer players and a great resource for links to Oldhammer content that would otherwise be difficult to find.

/WIP/ on /tg/ has given me a lot of great tips throughout the years.

More recently, the Trench Crusade and MCP threads tend to be good for discussion and updates (when they aren't being raided by posters looking to call everything bad just to rustle people).

/k/ has gotten a lot more boring in the last few years as pretty much none of the original crew of tripposters are around anymore, but it can still produce the occasional nugget of good info, and usually has at least a couple of interesting picture threads up. I will say during the initial 2022 invasion times in Ukraine, /k/ had pretty much up to the minute updates and daily info threads for a few years.

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[–] Hubi@feddit.org 90 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pool's closed.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 20 points 1 week ago

It’s a famous hacker.

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 51 points 1 week ago (3 children)

it feels like this is big news but I can't seem to get myself to care

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (22 children)

This is a huge blow to the Russian misinfo machine, unironically. If its down for a while, it will have some big effects

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 11 points 1 week ago

i hope so 🤞

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[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 week ago
[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why's anyone surprised this happened? Was 4chan supposed to be a super up to date and modern website?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 49 points 1 week ago

Maybe because it used to be an important place for hacktivists like Anonymous. So, it was probably an obvious hacking target that could have learned to protect itself better.

[–] OozingPositron@feddit.cl 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Holy shit. Has this ever happened before?

[–] sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 1 week ago

4chan's had leaks before but it was nothing compared to this

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago

quite a welcome change that this leak is tiny unlike most others lol

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I know it's a 7z, but still not even a megabyte. That's really impressive.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, this is only source code in text form, there's no assets or anything in the leak. They also don't use composer or any package manager, so there's no large dependencies in the project.

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[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not really, source code zips ridiculously well. A prolific and dedicated coder could probably fit their entire life's work minus assets on 5 floppy discs

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Not me. I code in a big font

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[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is this the work of the mysterious hacker 4 chan?

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago
[–] primemagnus@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cool. It’s 4 chan. What exactly are you gonna expose lol

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apparently some admins had their personal emaild registered, and I heard posts caught the IP of posters.

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[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

4chan stopped being relevant since they introduced asinine bot prevention. It's pretty much impossible to post there at all

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 1 week ago

No one posts there anymore, it's too busy

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

It’s pretty much impossible to post there at all

Huh? The capachas were a low bar to clear to post. I had no trouble at all on various boards.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago

4chan hates it when Tor and a VPN is used to enhance anonymity. It does frequent captchas, will refuse to load images, and won't let you post replies. It's like they want you to not be anonymous at all anymore.

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[–] Flemmy@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago

I wish I cared. But have fun whoever wants this I guess.

[–] nnullzz@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Wouldn’t the hackers be able to release more info about the infamous “Q”? Like IP address or something?

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's not a surprise, nor was it unknown. Pretty much all pre-"social media" discussion sites were PHP. Myspace probably was, too. PHP also isn't intrinsically insecure, it just doesn't lend itself very easily to security.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago

Nothing wrong with php, except not updating it.

[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

Early internet website, php is expected tbh

They prob have infinite tech debt to even consider converting to anything because I doubt they expected 4chan to still be alive in 2025, plus I'm decently sure all funds are being to keep the website alive and not hiring

[–] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

Can we finally get definitive proof that Taylor Swift is a 4chaner?

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