4chan Hack Site Down As Internal Data Leaks

pMikael ThalenppThe notorious imageboard 4chan is currently inaccessible after hackers appear to have leaked internal data from the website ppIn a post on Monday evening to the rival imageboard soyjackparty an anonymous user claimed that a hacker was able to leak website code and the personal information of staff after being in 4chans system for over a yearppThe user went on to claim that a 4chan admin in an attempt to control the damage took its servers offline As of Tuesday morning the imageboard was only available intermittentlyppScreenshots shared in the Soyjack thread show what appears to be adminlevel access to 4chan In one example an image shows an internal discussion in j a private board for moderators and volunteer guideline enforcers known as janitorsppThe image also shows the use of an internal tool that allows moderators to view the location host and IP address of the sites otherwise anonymous users as well as ban them ppThe Daily Dot was able to obtain a sample of the purported data which included a list containing the username and email address of one administrator as well as approximately 218 moderators managers and janitorsppThe data also contains hundreds of pages of archived posts as well as what appears to be the imageboards backend code it also includes the names of users who bought yearly subscriptions to the site a program called Pass ppFounded in 2003 4chan is heavily intertwined with popular internet culture and is responsible for launching everything from the worlds most popular memes to the Anonymous hacking collectiveppThe website has repeatedly stirred controversy for its involvement in scandals such as Gamergate the nude celebrity photo leak of 2014 known as The Fappening and the proliferation of racist memesppAt this time 4chan has not released a statement on the reported hackppInternet culture is chaoticbut well break it down for you in one daily email Sign up for the Daily Dots webcrawlr newsletter here Youll get the best and worst of the internet straight into your inboxppppDid JD Vance get called out for not wearing a suit just like MAGA did to ZelenskyppDemocrats go hard on Hegseth over SignalGate 20ppCant even guard her own bag DHS head Kristi Noem mocked after purse stolen from DC restaurantppWhen must we kill them PhD student visited by Secret Service over controversial antiTrump essayppShare this articleppTAGS ppMikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media data breaches hackers and morep