4chan has fallen: Infamous forum site taken down following major hack

An internet giant was taken down by hackers, but it's probably not the one you're thinking of. 

4chan, the infamous anonymous internet forum responsible for a myriad of memes and a driver of Internet culture, was taken offline earlier today following a hack that gained admin access. A hacker group going by the name "Soyjack.party" claimed responsibility for the hack. 

The hack allowed the group to access users' IP addresses, repost deleted boards, and manage the website's databases. After a post announcing the hack, admins took the website down. It has since been restored, albeit amidst reports of intermittent connection issues. 

One of the hackers, going by the alias "Chud," created a post bragging about the hack:

Tonight has been a very special night for many of us at the soyjak party. Today, April 14, 2025, a hacker, who has been in 4cuck's system for over a year, executed the true operation soyclipse, reopening /qa/, exposing personal information of various 4cuck staff, and leaking code from the site. In an attempt to control the damage, 4cuck admins have taken all servers offline, but there are unconfirmed reports that the servers have already been completely compromised and may not be up for some time.

While the cause of the hack is not currently known, it is suspected that 4chan's aged version of PHP was the access point. Apparently, the internet forum has not updated its PHP version since 2016, leaving it open to a plethora of known vulnerabilities. This is somewhat ironic, given that 4chan has often been a preferred forum for data leaks and dumps from hacks of major corporations and government entities. 

The website was inaccessible at press time.