My earliest memory of 4chan was sitting up late at night, typing its URL into my browser, and scrolling through a thread of LOLcat memes, which were brand-new at the time. Back then a photoshop of ...

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4chan was reportedly hacked by internet users claiming to be part of the Soyjak.Party community on April 14th, 2025. The hackers brought back the deleted /QA/ board, and temporarily granted access to ...

This week, the internet’s most odious imageboard, 4chan, was hacked. The site, where some of the web’s worst memes, trends, and movements percolated before blowing up, is currently down.

4chan, founded in 2003, was originally built as an anonymous hub for internet communities. Over time, it became a well-known source of internet memes, trolling, and extreme political rhetoric.

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A moderator claimed the leaked screenshots were real. 4chan, launched in 2003, is known for memes and online communities. 4chan is an anonymous English-language imageboard website launched in ...