this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2025
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Not sure if this is against the rules or not

The IPs of all janitors and admins have been leaked

4chan's entire tech stack is built of outdated and insecure myPHP

Not sure where the source code is from but I think it's the forum that did all of this in the first place

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's not a surprise, nor was it unknown. Pretty much all pre-"social media" discussion sites were PHP. Myspace probably was, too. PHP also isn't intrinsically insecure, it just doesn't lend itself very easily to security.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 month ago

Nothing wrong with php, except not updating it.

[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Early internet website, php is expected tbh

They prob have infinite tech debt to even consider converting to anything because I doubt they expected 4chan to still be alive in 2025, plus I'm decently sure all funds are being to keep the website alive and not hiring