{"id":22364,"date":"2025-04-16T13:18:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=22364"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:18:47","slug":"soyjack-party-bust-4chan-data-vaults-in-cyber-raid-degens-in-despair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=22364","title":{"rendered":"SoyJack Party Bust 4Chan Data Vaults in Cyber Raid: Degens in Despair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The popular right-wing social media platform <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-meme-coin-icos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4chan<\/a> is down, with an online cabal calling itself Soyjack Party claiming responsibility for an orchestrated hack dubbed \u201cSoyclipse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The attackers posted alleged receipts, including screenshots of admin tools and mod data, to back up their claims.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WAIT IT WAS ALL AN OP?<\/p>\n<p>4chan has been hacked and the top countries by total posts on \/pol\/ has been revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9sOiV9aS4m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9sOiV9aS4m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ricel (Training Arc) (@RiceKun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RiceKun\/status\/1912178481317712210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This comes as posts on 4chan are way down due to <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-1000x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">astroturfing campaigns<\/a> and AI. The constant shilling has made 4chan almost unusable.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s something newsworthy happening every hour: stocks have crashed; there\u2019s a global trade war. Japan, China, and South Korea have put aside their differences. There is no shortage of insane things to talk about, but posts are down.<\/p>\n<p>Are we supposed to believe that half of \/pol\/ has suddenly gotten a life? Or was this attack months in the making?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226231\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-226231\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744453076614137-1024x374.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744453076614137-1024x374.png 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744453076614137-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744453076614137-768x280.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744453076614137-1536x560.png 1536w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744453076614137-50x18.png 50w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744453076614137-308x112.png 308w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744453076614137-350x128.png 350w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744453076614137.png 1576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AfroReporter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">4chan posts<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"font-bold text-body leading-[24px] pt-[12px] pb-[2px] [&amp;_a]:underline-offset-[6px] [&amp;_.underline]:underline-offset-[6px]\">Soyjack Attack, What Happened?<\/h2>\n<p>A user known as \u201cChud\u201d claims a hacker burrowed into 4chan\u2019s systems for over a year, exposing staff details and leaking over 10,000 lines of site code. The breach reportedly reopened the <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-crypto-to-explode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ghost of the \/qa\/ board<\/a> and laid bare sensitive backend systems\u2014from admin consoles to user databases.<\/p>\n<p>Leaked screenshots suggest a full sweep of 4chan\u2019s infrastructure, leaving security expert Kevin Beaumont to call it \u201ca comprehensive own.\u201d LOL. This is all too funny. The likely culprit? Antiquated PHP code that cracked wide under pressure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A few hours ago 4chan got taken down by a rival imageboard hacking group, databases dumped, mods doxxed (proving some were federal agents), and the servers all offline. The last post ever made was this <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qUleY4Uo0O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qUleY4Uo0O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udd76\ud835\udd94\ud835\udd92\ud835\udd92\ud835\udd8e\ud835\udd98\ud835\udd98\ud835\udd86\ud835\udd97 \ud835\udd6c\ud835\udd99\ud835\udd99\ud835\udd97\ud835\udd8e\ud835\udd99\ud835\udd8e\ud835\udd94\ud835\udd93 VT (@KommiAttrition) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KommiAttrition\/status\/1912104200231661568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The breach spotlighted a glaring flaw: 4chan\u2019s infrastructure depends on PHP software from 2016. Known for its vulnerabilities, the outdated tech made the site a sitting duck for the Soyjack party.<\/p>\n<p>Hackers reportedly exploited gaps in phpMyAdmin, enabling them to manipulate databases, grab sensitive files, and wreak havoc unseen.<\/p>\n<p>An X user, @_yushe, validated the leaked code\u2019s authenticity, slamming 4chan\u2019s \u201cprehistoric\u201d reliance on obsolete systems. Experts and insiders alike speculated ulterior motives, with VX Underground pointing to years of tension between factions like \/qa\/ and \/lgbt\/ as a possible spark.<\/p>\n<h2>AI Is Killing Social Media and 4chan<\/h2>\n<p>4chan has very lax mod rules so it is very susceptible to astroturfing and bad actors. It also doesn\u2019t help that everywhere is filled with bots. Reddit, Twitter, Youtube \u2014 all of them are bot farm nests.<\/p>\n<p>Reddit actually has bot families that reproduce threads exactly, years later and word for word, based on human posting years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.precedenceresearch.com\/insightimg\/ai-in-social-media-market-size.webp\" alt=\"AI in Social Media Market Size to Hit USD 54.07 Billion by 2034\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"><\/p>\n<p>(<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=i&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.precedenceresearch.com%2Fai-in-social-media-market&amp;psig=AOvVaw1PZVy-tiPuKpmfmRsiwvLb&amp;ust=1744883660359000&amp;source=images&amp;cd=vfe&amp;opi=89978449&amp;ved=0CBcQjhxqFwoTCPCam4-l3IwDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Source<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Social media users have also been trained to respond only to certain prompts, which makes it even easier for AI to repost.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s getting very hard to tell AI apart from humans anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Even though 4chan claims to be a bastion of \u201cfree speech,\u201d the good and bad that might bring, it\u2019s become Reddit with extra steps. Hey, we hope <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener nofollow\">\/biz\/<\/a> comes back so we can get more scoops on altcoins.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-bold text-body leading-[24px] pt-[12px] pb-[2px] [&amp;_a]:underline-offset-[6px] [&amp;_.underline]:underline-offset-[6px]\">Soyjack Party: Fallout for 4chan<\/h2>\n<p>The fallout couldn\u2019t be uglier for 4chan. Moderator emails, passwords, and even real names are out in the wild, setting the stage for doxxing and revenge schemes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Internet culture is downstream of 4chan: we wouldn\u2019t have Reddit, Twitter, or many internet memes like Pepe. Hell, even Trump got elected in 2016 based on trolling campaigns from the site. Only time will tell if this is the coup de gr\u00e2ce for the most chaotic part of the internet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-meme-coin-icos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Meme Coin ICOs to Invest in April 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/B7Uk6agkqj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener nofollow nofollow nofollow nofollow nofollow\"><b>Join The 99Bitcoins News Discord Here For The Latest Market Updates<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h3 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list\">\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        The popular right-wing social media platform 4chan is down, with an online cabal calling itself Soyjack Party claiming responsibility for an orchestrated hack dubbed \u201cSoyclipse.\u201d     <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        This comes as posts on 4chan are way down due to astroturfing campaigns and AI. The constant shilling has made 4chan almost unusable.    <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        The fallout couldn\u2019t be uglier for 4chan.    <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/soyjack-party-bust-4chan-data-vaults-in-cyber-raid-degens-in-despair\/\">SoyJack Party Bust 4Chan Data Vaults in Cyber Raid: Degens in Despair<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular right-wing social media platform 4chan is down, with an online cabal calling itself Soyjack Party claiming responsibility for an orchestrated hack dubbed \u201cSoyclipse.\u201d The attackers posted alleged receipts, including screenshots of admin tools and mod data, to back up their claims. 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