4chan website Hacked

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4chan, the home of humorous memes, cyberwars, and online chaos, has been hacked and taken down. Is the era of the “internet swamp” over?
On Tuesday morning, April 15, 4chan users reported that the beloved and hated old forum was down. The outages seemed to have started around midnight and continued into the next day. Some reported slowness and timeout errors.

Within hours, screenshots were circulating online showing hackers accessing admin panels, the site’s source code, and even the emails and names of moderators. The walls of the website, known as a bastion of user anonymity, had collapsed, and its information had been leaked.

But what was the story, and why did the 4chan hack make such a big deal? How did a website that operated without registration, without usernames, and almost without rules go from being a simple forum to a boiling point of cultural, political, and even artistic battles on the Internet? And why do some see the release of its source code as a scandal, while others see it as a celebration of freedom?
 

What is 4chan, and how did it develop?

In the fall of 2003, in a corner of the nascent Internet that wasn’t yet the behemoth it is today, Christopher Poole, a 15-year-old teenager who went by the nickname moot and was fascinated by Japanese culture, especially anime and manga, started a discussion board where users could share pictures and opinions without having to register or provide personal information.

The original idea was inspired by Japanese discussion boards like 2channel and Futaba Channel (2chan). Poole named his site 4chan to show that he was moving a step beyond 2chan.

4chan initially had just two boards: /a/ for anime and /b/ for miscellaneous content. No one, not even Poole himself, could have predicted the huge cultural phenomenon that this simple platform would become.

In its early years, 4chan grew slowly but steadily. Gradually, new forums were added, covering a wider range of topics: from video games to music, literature, politics, and technology. But what set 4chan apart was the unique culture that developed there.

The complete anonymity of users, the lack of registration, and minimal management created a space where users could speak freely without fear of social repercussions. This freedom was a double-edged sword: on the one hand, it led to unique creativity and the formation of new cultures, and on the other, it sometimes led to controversial and even destructive content.


And finally, the big hack of 2025: from rumors and speculation to confirmed news
On April 15, 2025, a widespread outage on the site sparked speculation about a cyberattack. According to Wired, the /qa/ board (which had been inactive for years) temporarily appeared, displaying a message that read “U GOT HACKED XD!”

Members of a rival community called Soyjak.party subsequently claimed responsibility for the attack. They posted posts celebrating the event and shared a series of screenshots that they claimed to prove their point. According to Bleeping Computer, Soyjak.party members call the recent hack “the real soyclipse operation,” but they declined to comment on the attack’s methodology.

Meanwhile, images of 4chan's internals have been circulating on the Internet, showing the site's source code and tools for blocking users, resources that only the forum's administrators have access to.

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larpers saying 4chan site hack has something in common with breachfoums going down? are they linked?

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wtf ppl still used 4chan?