This. Is. Glorious.
4chan, the internet’s most infamous forum, is down following an alleged hack
This. Is. Glorious.
4chan, the online melting pot of humanity’s living diarrhea, has been hacked so fucking hard that the general speculation is it won’t recover. If so, it would be one of the largest acts of de-platforming right wing extremist and the most deserved since god fried all those Nazis at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The hackers leaked source code and doxed the admin and many users, who apparently used their actual email addresses to create their accounts. From engadget:
“While it seems some users took steps to protect their identities, many appear to have used their primary email address to register for the forum, with .edu and even .gov addresses reportedly appearing in the list leaked emails.”
As you know, 4chan (and later 8chan) allowed a random asshole who went by Q to plant and falsely validate wild conspiracy theories that did real damage to our democracy. All this birthed Qanon, a political faction that believed all of the dumbest shit this guy posted. And that led to the rise of Trump and his MAGA cult.
Of course, another version of 4chan will undoubtedly grow from the pile of dog shit left behind. But, this is a huge victory in the fight against hate, bigotry, and general stupidity.
