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Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins

ID: 8bc294e3-ee97-547d-b08d-c3b9789f1ad5

STIX ID: report--8bc294e3-ee97-547d-b08d-c3b9789f1ad5

Feed Name: WIRED Security

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2025-04-15

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman

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Reports indicate 4chan experienced an apparent hack resulting in leaked backend screenshots and a list of alleged administrator and moderator usernames and email addresses; subsequent posts on other forums included doxes of accounts mentioned in the leak. The incident, if confirmed, undermines the platform's anonymity, risks exposing IP and other private data, and may have been enabled by legacy/unpatched software, though verification remains incomplete.

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