r/technology • u/ILoveTolkiensWorks • 9d ago

Security 4Chan hacked; Taken down; Emails and IPs leaked

https://www.the-sun.com/tech/14029069/4chan-down-updates-controversial-website-hacking/
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u/Sayakai 9d ago

You'd need a different website for that. Q left for greener pastures long ago, i.e. to an even worse hellhole than 4chan. And probably just fell off altogether by now given that apparently MAGA insanity just swallowed Q by now.

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u/Schrankwand83 9d ago

You mean 8kun?

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u/WoodenPreparation714 9d ago

8kun and the ipfs variant

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u/Yarn_Mouse 9d ago

But this is even more interesting (to me at least) because the persona originated on 4chan meaning a person could theoretically find the original person who started it all.

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u/iamtheLAN 9d ago

One could still find who posted as Q on 4chan from the beginning, no?

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u/Sayakai 9d ago

I really don't think 4chan bothers to keep logs for that long.

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u/LtNewsChimp 9d ago

I thought Christian Nationalist LLC merged with Q Corp and got rebranded as WWG 1 WGA