https://blog.4chan.org/post/781845918774394880/still-standing
interesting tidbits:
>On the afternoon of April 14th, a hacker using a UK IP address exploited an out-of-date software package on one of 4chan’s servers, via a bogus PDF upload.
so it sounds like he didn't have access for a year like some people claimed (assuming this is true)
>Over the following days, 4chan’s development team surveyed the damage, which to be frank, was catastrophic.
>As many have suspected, until that time 4chan had been running on a set of servers purchased second-hand by moot a few weeks before his final Q&A
extremely fucking hilarious
>Advertisers and payment providers willing to work with 4chan are rare, and are quickly pressured by activists into cancelling their services. Putting together the money for new equipment took nearly a decade.
i wonder just how true this is, i fully believe finding money is hard but a fucking DECADE???? come on
>One slow but much beloved board, /f/ - Flash, will not be returning however, as there is no realistic way to prevent similar exploits using .swf files.
rest in power