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.
4chan’s ‘cesspool of the internet’ is down after apparently being hacked
Submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/648908/4chan-hacked-down-outage-leak
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TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Vegasvator@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Keep dreaming. 4chan only has registration for staff. All you have to do to post on 4chan is a captcha.
TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If you say so, I’ll take your word for it.
phoenixarise@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ll never understand anyone that uses their school or work emails for social networking.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I mean, is there even any verification? Or could I just register as bigboners69@harvard.edu or potus@us.gov?
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
honestly a registered .gov address is a great way to recruit new meat into the ICE grinder
arrakark@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Just wondering, what org specifically asks for 4chan use?
TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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.”
nicolauz@feddit.org 1 month ago
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.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Dang, now I have to go outside to find white supremacists.
unphazed@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Twitter and Fox News are just a click away!
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Did you get banned from Truth?
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I goddamn well hope so
Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
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.
baatliwala@lemmy.world 1 month ago
… You can register on 4chan?
peregrin5@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Even bigger question: why would you register on 4chan. Isn’t the whole point anonymity?
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
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.
AnotherPenguin@programming.dev 1 month ago
Can the same happen to kiwifarms?
alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Wow, news to me. That place sucks.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Good
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
noo muh greentexts ;-;
phoenixarise@lemmy.world 1 month ago
lol I hope they lose their jobs and educations
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
They were hacked by Soyjak www.soyjak.st/soy/thread/10615723.html#10615802 / archive.ph/fxB6N
TacticalCheddar@lemm.ee 1 month ago
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.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
It’s mostly 16–23 year olds from around the western world, so you’re not far off
Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hahahaha fucking fuck yeah
turnip@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Now people will move to a place where their data is monetized and their speech is curated.
Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t really give a shit about them
floo@retrolemmy.com 1 month ago
Well, that put a smile on my face
return2ozma@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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big_slap@lemmy.world 1 month ago
come on man, read the article lol
expatriado@lemmy.world 1 month ago
those are not the .edu ICE is looking for, unless for recruiting purposes
omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
L
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Why would anyone use their real email on 4chan? I wouldn’t touch it without at least a proxy or two and a vpn.
Vegasvator@lemmy.today 1 month ago
You don’t need an email at all to post on 4chan. You don’t register to use 4chan or post on 4chan. The only logins are for staff. People are making up and spreading rumors that don’t even know how 4chan works.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Gonna need seven firewalls for that kind of work.
Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m having orgasmic convulsions like when my prostate gets rubbed during blowies
Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 1 month ago
Don’t threaten me with a good time!