this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2025
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Not sure if this is against the rules or not

The IPs of all janitors and admins have been leaked

4chan's entire tech stack is built of outdated and insecure myPHP

Not sure where the source code is from but I think it's the forum that did all of this in the first place

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[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Nintoddler being a slur is somehow very funny to me.

[–] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 13 points 6 days ago

Can we finally get definitive proof that Taylor Swift is a 4chaner?

[–] primemagnus@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Cool. It’s 4 chan. What exactly are you gonna expose lol

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Apparently some admins had their personal emaild registered, and I heard posts caught the IP of posters.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

IPv4 addresses are not permanent and shuffle around a fair amount. There aren't enough addresses to cover the number of devices on the net. You'd need an ISP to map an IP to a specific time range confidently. Governments could do that but they could also do that pre-leak if they were investigating someone.

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 28 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I know it's a 7z, but still not even a megabyte. That's really impressive.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean, this is only source code in text form, there's no assets or anything in the leak. They also don't use composer or any package manager, so there's no large dependencies in the project.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

there’s no large dependencies in the project.

The one fucking thing 4chan does right and not even the big boys try

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Not really, source code zips ridiculously well. A prolific and dedicated coder could probably fit their entire life's work minus assets on 5 floppy discs

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Not me. I code in a big font

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 days ago

I comment in base64 images

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 days ago

quite a welcome change that this leak is tiny unlike most others lol

[–] SandroHc@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

141K LoC, of which 63K PHP, 45K JS and 31K CSS.

Tokei output:

===============================================================================
 Language            Files        Lines         Code     Comments       Blanks
===============================================================================
 CSS                    31        39203        31318          959         6926
 INI                    89         4269         1833         1401         1035
 JavaScript             20        55986        45105         1023         9858
 PHP                   104        93517        63143        15032        15342
 Rakefile                1          109           77            8           24
 Ruby                    1           74           57            2           15
 Plain Text            135         2609            0         2507          102
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 HTML                    2           83           83            0            0
 |- CSS                  1            4            4            0            0
 |- JavaScript           1           78           60            0           18
 (Total)                            165          147            0           18
===============================================================================
 Total                 383       195850       141616        20932        33302
===============================================================================
[–] Enceladus_One@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I used to use 4chan when I was a teenager, I didn't post much though, mostly just read through stuff. There has been a lot of awful stuff. I used to think it was cool or edgy, but now that I'm older and smarter I don't really think so anymore. Suffice to say, I'm not going to miss 4chan in the slightest.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Freedom isnt always pretty or smart. Especially at the edges. But those edges need to exist. Not for you, but for everyone.

[–] Leg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

My sentiments exactly. I'm content to watch it burn to the ground.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's not a surprise, nor was it unknown. Pretty much all pre-"social media" discussion sites were PHP. Myspace probably was, too. PHP also isn't intrinsically insecure, it just doesn't lend itself very easily to security.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 15 points 6 days ago

Nothing wrong with php, except not updating it.

[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago

Early internet website, php is expected tbh

They prob have infinite tech debt to even consider converting to anything because I doubt they expected 4chan to still be alive in 2025, plus I'm decently sure all funds are being to keep the website alive and not hiring

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

Not even the world's worst captchca saved them! Maybe if you had to solve one for every letter you type, they wouldn't have gotten hacked.

[–] Beartotem@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

In the media soon: The notorious hacker 4chan strikes again, his latest victim: 4chan.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I'm giving lainchan a shot to feed my imageboard obsession and I've been pleasantly surprised. The average post is of a higher quality and the mods seem more active. At the same time there are still like memes and greentext culture.

Might look into sushichan too...

Only issue is having to use KurobaEx instead of (Blue) Clover which is a bit clunkier but otherwise I think I can satisfy my shitposting needs.

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