> Be me
> Run Image Board
> Never update dependencies
> Get pwned by a 12yo exploit
> Jannies use real name gmail adresses
> Board down for days
Oh the lack of humanity
I assume they're rewriting the site from scratch since their source was leaked. A common entry level /g/wdg/ exercise is to write your own 4chan clone, so perhaps they could just find an open source option available
I don’t understand why they can’t just put up a simple landing page. It makes me wonder how bad it was - like the server was completely nuked.
But as long as there is money to be made it will come back.
Previous discussion (971 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43691334
How could you tell?
>According to BleepingComputer, the attack was made possible by 4chan’s extremely outdated version of PHP from 2016
Interesting, you would think the 4chan people would know better. My guess they are gone for good, not that is a huge loss.