Though the exact details of the situation have not been confirmed, community infighting seems to have spilled out in a breach of the notorious image board.
I feel like the result of this is gonna be a big ol nothingburger. There’s no way someone works as a mod/admin for the most controversial website on the internet and uses an email address that can be linked to their real identity, and doesn’t use a VPN/tor.
Pretty sensationalist article IMO. I mean, they act like the source code being leaked is newsworthy. Somebody with a month of coding experience could write that website in an afternoon.
There’s no way someone works as a mod/admin for the most controversial website on the internet and uses an email address that can be linked to their real identity, and doesn’t use a VPN/tor.
People are lazy as fuck and will do all kinds of things that surprise you especially when they become complacent.
I feel like the result of this is gonna be a big ol nothingburger. There’s no way someone works as a mod/admin for the most controversial website on the internet and uses an email address that can be linked to their real identity, and doesn’t use a VPN/tor.
Pretty sensationalist article IMO. I mean, they act like the source code being leaked is newsworthy. Somebody with a month of coding experience could write that website in an afternoon.
I already looked up 136 of the 219 leaked emails. 61 of them are in at least one data breach.
People are lazy as fuck and will do all kinds of things that surprise you especially when they become complacent.
Worse, some ppl used their work email:
Source: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/4chan_breached/
I’ve seen the list on the party site. Only 3 .edu, 0 .gov emails.