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 3 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/648908/4chan-hacked-down-outage-leak
Comments
TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Vegasvator@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Keep dreaming. 4chan only has registration for staff. All you have to do to post on 4chan is a captcha.
TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you say so, I’ll take your word for it.
phoenixarise@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ll never understand anyone that uses their school or work emails for social networking.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean, is there even any verification? Or could I just register as bigboners69@harvard.edu or potus@us.gov?
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
honestly a registered .gov address is a great way to recruit new meat into the ICE grinder
arrakark@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Just wondering, what org specifically asks for 4chan use?
TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Dang, now I have to go outside to find white supremacists.
unphazed@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Twitter and Fox News are just a click away!
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Did you get banned from Truth?
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I goddamn well hope so
Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
… You can register on 4chan?
peregrin5@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Even bigger question: why would you register on 4chan. Isn’t the whole point anonymity?
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Can the same happen to kiwifarms?
alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Wow, news to me. That place sucks.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Good
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
noo muh greentexts ;-;
phoenixarise@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
lol I hope they lose their jobs and educations
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
They were hacked by Soyjak www.soyjak.st/soy/thread/10615723.html#10615802 / archive.ph/fxB6N
TacticalCheddar@lemm.ee 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
It’s mostly 16–23 year olds from around the western world, so you’re not far off
Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hahahaha fucking fuck yeah
turnip@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Now people will move to a place where their data is monetized and their speech is curated.
Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t really give a shit about them
floo@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
Well, that put a smile on my face
return2ozma@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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big_slap@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
come on man, read the article lol
expatriado@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
those are not the .edu ICE is looking for, unless for recruiting purposes
omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
L
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Gonna need seven firewalls for that kind of work.
Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m having orgasmic convulsions like when my prostate gets rubbed during blowies
Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Don’t threaten me with a good time!