The infamous website was taken down and working intermittently, while hackers leaked alleged data like moderators email addresses, and source code. Leak with lots of internal information The recent hack of 4chan was allegedly eecuted by soyjak.party users, exploiting outdated software like ghostscript and php to leak moderator emails and passwords.
'The end of 4chan as we know it': Why hacking attack could kill notorious internet forum
Following this post of 4chan administrator email addresses, soyjak.party users started posting alleged doxes, including photos and personal information, of the accounts included in the leak.
4chan, a notorious online forum, was taken offline earlier today after what appears to be a significant hack and has since been loading intermittently.
Once they gained access, the hackers leaked source code, admin logs, and email addresses of moderators—known on 4chan as janitors or jannies—some of which were linked to real names and.edu domains. Home > computing massive 4chan hack might expose longtime admins and users the source code was reportedly leaked as part of the hack, making future attempts to secure the site all but impossible. Apr 16, 2025 11:51:00 hiroyuki's '4chan' was hacked on a large scale and went down, with administrator's email address also leaked The alleged hack sparked theories about the platform's source code, database, emails and even contact information being leaked
4chan is yet to respond to these reports.
