4chan, the controversial forum known for birthing early meme culture and Gamergate, is down, following an apparent hack. Per Downdetector, reports of an outage began circulating late Monday evening, with users sharing updates on connection issues through the early hours of Tuesday morning. As of the writing of this article, it’s possible to access the website following a long delay, but clicking on any of the board links leads to a timeout.
According to screenshots shared on Imgur (NSFW warning), it appears a hacker gained shell access to 4chan’s hosting
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