I used to go on 4chan back in the early 2000s, everybody posts anonymously so no one knows who anyone is, there were people announcing they were going on shooting sprees, people giving gps co-ordinates to dead bodies before it hit the news and one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen on the internet, I’ll explain.
There was a guy on there making these crystalline structures using certain chemicals and a straw, he would make these ornaments and ended up with quite a few people interested in what he was doing, he would put lights through these crystals and they would look amazing, a few people showed an interest in making their own.
Being as how 4 chan is full of evil bastards, the guy who was making these crystaline structures told people he would teach people how to make their own only the recipe he gave them was something a lot different.
The recipe he gave created some extremely toxic reaction which burnt their eyes and lungs beyond repair, pure evil thing to do, and OfCourse the culprit remained anonymous facing no repercussions.
4chan, an infamous online forum, was taken offline earlier today after what appears to be a significant hack and has since been loading intermittently.
Members of the Soyjak.party imageboard (also known as The Party) have since claimed to be behind the attack. They also leaked screenshots of admin panels and a list of emails allegedly belonging to 4chan admins, moderators, and janitors (less privileged mods who help moderate the forums)."
"Tonight has been a very special night for many of us at the soyjak party. Today, April 14, 2025, a hacker, who has been in 4cuck's system for over a year, executed the true operation soyclipse, reopening /qa/, exposing personal information of various 4cuck staff, and leaking code from the site," one of them (using the handle Chud) said in a thread posted after 4chan was taken down.
"In an attempt to control the damage, 4cuck admins have taken all servers offline, but there are unconfirmed reports that the servers have already been completely compromised and may not be up for some time."
In the same thread, Chud shared multiple screenshots to prove that hacker had access to 4chan's staff administration panels and maintenance tools. These tools could provide access to any user's location and IP address, rebuild or restart any 4chan boards, access board logs, view site statistics, and manage databases using 4chan's phpMyAdmin panel.
While those who claimed the attack didn't share how they gained access to 4chan's systems, some said the forum was likely breached because it used a severely outdated PHP version from 2016, unpatched against many security vulnerabilities that could've been exploited in the attack.
It’s going to be very interesting to see what comes of this, hopefully some real evil bastards might have to face justice, congratulations to the organization and people involved in hacking 4-chan!!
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