Was 4chan Down? 'Outage Reports' Surge

Uncorroborated claims of a breach at the contentious forum 4chan emerged on April 15, 2025, with increasing "outage reports."

According to DownDetector , The issues mentioned were distributed as follows: 72% related to the website, 24% involved server connections, and 4% pertained to posting difficulties.

The reports of downtime increased significantly around 10 p.m. on April 14 and persisted into April 15.

According to Reuters, 4chan is an infamous online discussion platform.

Unverified postings "surfacing online" claimed that 4chan experienced a breach, according to Reuters. The reports indicated that some messages "alleged that the individual behind the hack had disclosed personal information about the site’s moderators," as stated by Reuters.

According to Wired The hack reports surfaced as “a formerly prohibited board on 4chan momentarily went live again, and the website displayed a message stating, ‘U GOT HACKED XD.’”

"4chan is an anonymous messaging platform where highly offensive and hate-filled material frequently appears. If authentic, the information disclosed could strip away some level of anonymity for 4chan’s administrators, moderators, and janitors," said Ian Gray, who serves as the analysis and research director at the cybersecurity company Flashpoint. told Wired.

Gray suggested that describing the imageboard as an 'anonymous' platform might have led users to feel overly secure. Wired. Certain individuals might have signed up with their email addresses long back when they were not as mindful or worried about their operational safety.

Images purportedly revealing what seems to be 4chan’s backend began circulating online. TechCrunch reported . According to TechCrunch The data indicated that "the website’s supposed backend, source code, and templates were used to prohibit user access."

According to Mashable , social media users “gravitated towards the claimed” last post They supposedly viewed this image before the website crashed. It depicts Jack Black. Minecraft Movie Using the term, "Chicken Jockey," Mashable reported.

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