3 posts and columns on 4chan.org

AT&T Says 4chan Block "In No Way Related to the Content"

in News on July 27, 2009 at 3:54 pm PT

AT&T said Monday that its weekend block of 4chan was due to an attack on one of its customers and not because of the popular site’s content. In a statement, the telecommunications provider said that a business customer, which it declined to name, was the target of a denial-of-service attack on Friday.

Moot, 4chan Founder, Takes Time 100 Poll

in News on April 27, 2009 at 10:41 am PT

The twentysomething founder of 4chan.org won Time’s title of “World’s Most Influential Person” despite accusations that the meme site’s fans hacked the online poll. The founder, Christopher Poole, also known as “moot,” received 16.8 million votes.

Doggonit, Palin Email Hacker a Maverick Too!

in News on October 9, 2008 at 5:06 am PT

Five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and a three-year term of supervised release. That’s the maximum sentence facing the Tennessee college student who was indicted today on charges that he broke into Gov. Sarah Palin’s private email account last month.