Its founder by clicking hereς 4chan, Christopher Poole, also known as “moot” confirmed a few hours ago, with a post on their blog that the popular websiteσελίδα it was hacked.
The attacker managed to gain access to the website management panel and from there managed to obtain a database 4chan exploiting a software vulnerability.
His motivation for her attack, δόθηκε στον hacker όταν διάβασε μια δημοσίευση του moot και δεν του άρεσε. Πιστεύεται ότι η ευπάθεια του λογισμικού επέτρεψε στον εισβολέα να αποκτήσει πρόσβαση όχι μόνο στα πάνελ των συντονιστών της ιστοσελίδας αλλά και σε μερικά tables of the 4chan database.
According to the publication on their blog The way the hacker managed to extract the information from the database is known to 4chan, since there are traces of it in the "detailed logs" of the website. According to a 4chan post, the hacker had access to moderators' accounts, which he obtained mainly by targeting their credentials.
The founder of 4chan assured users of the site that their finances data that were stored in the site's databases, were not affected by the attack.
