4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /QA/ and leaks all admins emails

Re:4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /QA/ and leaks all admins em... by wickedsight on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @08:17AM (#43691652)

This makes me wonder whether there's anything in there that can point to the identity of the original QAnon. That would be a pretty interesting outcome.

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Re:4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /QA/ and leaks all admins em... by ribosometronome on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @08:27AM (#43691760)

Given the nature of the hackers and their immediate actions, it seems unlikely they would reveal that sort of information.

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Re:4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /QA/ and leaks all admins em... by Borgz on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @09:06AM (#43692109)

4chan doesn't store threads for very long, hence the plethora of third-party archive sites. I doubt they are still storing any useful data from back then.

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Re:4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /QA/ and leaks all admins em... by swarnie on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @08:24AM (#43691730)

Aren't we 99% sure that was a Ron Watkins grift now?

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Re:4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /QA/ and leaks all admins em... by wickedsight on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @08:30AM (#43691788)

That's why I wrote 'the original'. It's very possible Watkins took control after Q moved from 4Chan to 8Chan from what I've read. I'm far from fully up-to-date on this saga though.

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Re:4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /QA/ and leaks all admins em... by AnnaRiot on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @07:24PM (#43699623)

I am pretty sure Q was originally started by the guys behind Cicada3301 before Ron took over

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Re:4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /QA/ and leaks all admins em... by Wobbles42 on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @10:38PM (#43700841)

This is a genuinely interesting assertion. Is there any evidence of this?

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