4chan’s ‘cesspool of the internet’ is down after apparently being hacked
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Summary
4chan, the image-sharing website, has been targeted in a major hack, with claims that the site’s source code has been published and the /qa/ discussion board reopened.
A user on a rival platform claimed responsibility on Monday night and said that they had readded the /qa/ board.
4chan is well known for its lack of credibility and refusal to admit to any wrongdoing, and for having ties to the far-right, having been used as a base by Anonymous and later becoming a hub for extremism.
The unverified rumours suggest that the data leak includes the emails of moderators, which were posted on Twitter, but a senior researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue believes these emails are not legitimate.
4chan has not confirmed the breach, but according to TechCrunch, an error message on the site’s homepage acknowledges the breach, citing “defacement” as the cause.