TechStory reports:
The notorious internet forum 4chan—long known as a breeding ground for viral memes, fringe political communities, and online chaos—has gone dark after what appears to be a massive and deeply compromising hack. As of early Tuesday, users across the world were reporting serious outages, struggling to load the site, let alone access any of its notorious image boards.
… Screenshots shared on platforms like Imgur (many of which are now being flagged for graphic or NSFW content) suggest that a hacker may have gained shell access to 4chan’s server environment. If the evidence is genuine, it indicates that the intruder was able to view—and leak—the site’s phpMyAdmin page, potentially exposing databases that include registered user information.
Most disturbing is the alleged doxxing of 4chan’s entire moderation team, along with many of its registered users. The leak reportedly includes email addresses, some associated with educational (.edu) and even government (.gov) domains—suggesting that some users weren’t as anonymous as they thought.
Read more at TechStory. See also Daily Dot for more about where the data was reportedly leaked.
