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Title: 4chan Has Been Down Since Monday Night After 'Pretty Comprehensive
Own'

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/16/0012...

4chan was reportedly hacked Monday night, with rival imageboard Soyjack Party
claiming responsibility and sharing screenshots suggesting deep access to
4chan's databases and admin tools. Ars Technica reports: Security researcher
Kevin Beaumont described the hack as "a pretty comprehensive own" that
included "SQL databases, source, and shell access." 404Media reports that the
site used an outdated version of PHP that could have been used to gain
access, including the phpMyAdmin tool, a common attack vector that is
frequently patched for security vulnerabilities. Ars staffers pointed to the
presence of long-deprecated and removed functions like
mysql_real_escape_string in the screenshots as possible signs of an old,
unpatched PHP version. In other words, there's a possibility that the hackers
have gained pretty deep access to all of 4chan's data, including site source
code and user data.

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