>According to BleepingComputer, the attack was made possible by 4chan’s extremely outdated version of PHP from 2016<p>Interesting, you would think the 4chan people would know better. My guess they are gone for good, not that is a huge loss.
> Be me<p>> Run Image Board<p>> Never update dependencies<p>> Get pwned by a 12yo exploit<p>> Jannies use real name gmail adresses<p>> Board down for days<p>Oh the lack of humanity
I assume they're rewriting the site from scratch since their source was leaked. A common entry level /g/wdg/ exercise is to write your own 4chan clone, so perhaps they could just find an open source option available
I don’t understand why they can’t just put up a simple landing page. It makes me wonder how bad it was - like the server was completely nuked.<p>But as long as there is money to be made it will come back.