crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoSuspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Adminswww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1404file-text
arrow-up1404external-linkSuspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Adminswww.wired.comcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square58linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePeer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 days agoIt started on 4chan, only moved to 8chan (likely a different poster) much later. See for example: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n9005 Q posts moved from 4chan to its more toxic offshoot 8chan in November after a post claiming the original board had been “infiltrated.”
It started on 4chan, only moved to 8chan (likely a different poster) much later.
See for example: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n9005
Q posts moved from 4chan to its more toxic offshoot 8chan in November after a post claiming the original board had been “infiltrated.”