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Will the 4chan hack be the end of it?

  • Yes, goodbye forever 4chan

    Votes: 1,031 18.5%
  • No, they will rise from the ashes, stronger than ever

    Votes: 343 6.2%
  • This will rattle them but it will be forgotten about next week

    Votes: 2,322 41.6%
  • I am just here for the janny phonebooking

    Votes: 1,093 19.6%
  • What the fuck is 4chan

    Votes: 218 3.9%
  • Yotsuba&!

    Votes: 569 10.2%

  • Total voters
    5,576
So is 4chan just actually dead forever or is it just gonna be for a while?
I don't know if it's dead forever, but things look grim. From my understanding of the situation:
  • 4chan probably doesn't have a dedicated sysadmin
  • The hacker got shell access, meaning they could read/modify any data they wanted
  • 4chan might not have ANY backups
  • Due to the above, there is no way to restore data AND kick out the soyteen who got shell access
  • The only solution might be to nuke the entire website and rebuild it from scratch (meaning complete loss of data)
  • That's assuming anyone who works on 4chan has the expertise to rebuild it (which is also unlikely)
 
I used to be a janjan on 4chan, wonder if they took my personal data protection into account... I can't be bothered to find out.

I hope I haven't missed the fun entirely. Be fun to find out how they did it. Outside of hobby boards 4chan is super low quality now anyway. I remember I'd delete any obvious troll threads but the current trannies just seem to leave them up.
 
It did seem strange that users quickly forgot that /v/ had all those dragon dildo unboxing threads over a decade ago. Totally ironic, of course. Going off what you're saying about /mhg/, I guess my perception of the general going to the shitter ever since World got a decent character creation tool lines up all too well.
Based Lagibro, maybe I'll play Tri again after all these years because Wilds sucks donkey balls.
 
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Watch out sharty some faggot on IRC is going to hack you guys for revenge
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Dear Soyjak.party, It's us, 4chan anons, once again. Except this time it's the Moot speaking. We are finished with your soyjacks, gore, transphobia and other cruel jokes that spread like a snakes bite and ruin the internet. But the final nail in your coffin was taking down our webiste, a declaration of war if you will. Where have all of the internet's problems come from? Reddit? 4chan? No, no. Here. Tomorrow at 01:00 (EST Time), Your Website will officially come to an end. "geg u cant do sh*t 4cuck" Not only do I have my hacking skills and team aside me, but I also have 9gag, the founding website of Anonymous, aside us. You're probably all thinking "DARNIT GUYS WHAT DO WE DO" There is one thing you CAN do. Surrender. I want Froot and 9a0c here, apologizing and everything, saying sorry, and banning all of these disgusting things and bringing back our website. As of now, you have ONE day to fix this mess. The clock is ticking, gentlemen. We are anonymous. We do not forgive. We do not forget.
 
Dear Soyjak.party, It's us, 4chan anons, once again. Except this time it's the Moot speaking. We are finished with your soyjacks, gore, transphobia and other cruel jokes that spread like a snakes bite and ruin the internet. But the final nail in your coffin was taking down our webiste, a declaration of war if you will. Where have all of the internet's problems come from? Reddit? 4chan? No, no. Here. Tomorrow at 01:00 (EST Time), Your Website will officially come to an end. "geg u cant do sh*t 4cuck" Not only do I have my hacking skills and team aside me, but I also have 9gag, the founding website of Anonymous, aside us. You're probably all thinking "DARNIT GUYS WHAT DO WE DO" There is one thing you CAN do. Surrender. I want Froot and 9a0c here, apologizing and everything, saying sorry, and banning all of these disgusting things and bringing back our website. As of now, you have ONE day to fix this mess. The clock is ticking, gentlemen. We are anonymous. We do not forgive. We do not forget.
brb, soup
 
Korra killed the love and joy of the entire board.
Man, Korra really was like the swansong of /co/. It was a bad omen.

I was a good boy. Read awesome and weird indie comics, posted in Venture Bros watchthreads, helped storytime the Christian comic Serenity a few Easters and Christmases... Then suddenly I started getting warnings/bans for being off-topic when I was on-topic. Meanwhile threads about lusting over children and goonerbait was allowed. /co/ traditions started to dwindle. Dan Dashly stopped posting. No silly meme threads. I thought I was going crazy. I stopped using 4chan altogether around 2014 (aside from coming back on Easter and Christmas to see if anyone was still posting Serenity).

I'd like to see a list of these admins/mods/jannies with accompanying photos so I can see what the people watching /co/ (and all the other respective boards) are like. I could use some vindication. I hardly read comics at all anymore.
 
...Pull it

lucky larry.webp
 
Yesterday, April 14th, 2025—a date which will live in infamy—4chan.org was suddenly and deliberately hacked by the forces of soyjak.party.

Indeed, shorty after sharty bruteforce squadrons had commenced breaching the site's database, the soyteen ambassador to 4chan and his colleague delivered to our community a formal reply to what we have said for years (/qa/ lost). And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack.

It will be recorded that the poor security measures in place & existing hostilities makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time, the Sharty has deliberately sought to deceive our staff by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

The attack yesterday across all boards has caused severe damage to 4chan's moderator and janitor forces. I regret to tell you that very many 4chan staff have been doxxed. In addition, some of our moderators have been reported suicidal and checked in to their local psych wards.
 
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