4chan’s ‘cesspool of the internet’ is down after apparently being hacked
It’s still not clear what has been leaked.
However, Jared Holt, a senior researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, points out that in terms of wilder rumors about .edu and .gov email addresses in the leaked lists, “the source for this claim was not legit…after spending the morning with what materials I could halfway assess as legit I am sad to report that this is a real snoozer.”
come on man, read the article lol
Why would anyone use their real email on 4chan? I wouldn’t touch it without at least a proxy or two and a vpn.
Don't threaten me with a good time!
Heard about this just a few hours ago, and have been laughing ever since. This is going to be brutal, there are people who registered with .gov e-mail addresses. As the use of 4chan has been cited to me as potentially disqualifying people seeking security clearance for government, police, or military careers, this hack single-handedly has the potential to torpedo thousands of edgy bois in one fell swoop.
I’ll never understand anyone that uses their school or work emails for social networking.
I mean, is there even any verification? Or could I just register as bigboners69@harvard.edu or potus@us.gov?
honestly a registered .gov address is a great way to recruit new meat into the ICE grinder
Just wondering, what org specifically asks for 4chan use?
I've been told that for clearance above reliability that social media use becomes an issue. 4chan was specifically cited to me by the person with whom I spoke. I'd assume that this means any/all alphabet government agencies, but Army was all that I heard about specifically.
"Do you browse or use 4chan?"
"No."
"OK, good, because you weren't advancing beyond this stage if you said yes."
Hilarious how you try to make fun of "edgy bois" while being one yourself and simultaneously being wrong.
If I ever seen a self burn.
Dang, now I have to go outside to find white supremacists.
Twitter and Fox News are just a click away!
Did you get banned from Truth?
I goddamn well hope so
... You can register on 4chan?
Even bigger question: why would you register on 4chan? Isn't the whole point anonymity?
The only people who would register would be janitors, mods, and admins. There are 4chan passes where you pay $20 a year to skip captchas and have a lower post cooldown which works by associating a token with an IP address. The token is emailed to you and you get reminder emails when the token is expiring so you can renew it. So 4chan would likely have emails for pass users too. Pass users still post anonymously. I don't know the exact stat but I remember the owner saying something like only 1% of users have a pass.
This is kind of a nothing burger since most users dont register any details. There is no data to be gathered. The real surprise will be how they got compromised.
Can the same thing happen to kiwifarms?
Wow, news to me. That place sucks.
Good
They were hacked by Soyjak https://www.soyjak.st/soy/thread/10615723.html#10615802 / https://archive.ph/fxB6N
My god, I just checked that site. The whole thing is a zoo. Millions of years of evolution went into this species only to go down the toilet there.
It's mostly 16–22 year old autistic kid boys from around the western world, so you're not far off in that it's the worst demographic humanity has to offer in terms of internet discourse. I say this as a sperg who's been on 4chan since he was 16 😂
noo muh greentexts ;-;
Ooh, now's their opportunity to come back as a Fediverse instance!
Oh hell no!
lol I hope they lose their jobs and educations