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If I’ve got the story straight, it goes something like this: 4chan.org is subject to a DDOS attack . 4chan attempts to block the DOS, and in the process, unintentionally DOS’s one or more of ATT customers . ATT ‘blocks’ 4chan. The world comes to and end . Forget network neutrality, evil empires, Haliburton, black helicopters and aliens from area 51. Let’s try for a simple explanation, assuming that nobody is evil and everyone is incompetent. It’s speculative, but has the advantage of holding...Read Full Story

theregister.co.uk ~ A website run by the conservative Tea Party movement was overrun by the denizens of 4chan on Tuesday. Website vulnerabilities on the official teaparty.org website allowed pranksters to divert surfers landing on the photo section of the site to smut and shock sites. It's unclear what website security shortcomings were exploited in that attack and whether these are now closed. Boing Boing is hosting some screenshots [click on thumbs on right].[ more ] mediaite.com...Read Full Story

Alright, so apparently last night or so, the folks over at 4chan.org ran into a situation where some girl posted nude pictures of herself, they proceeded to say some negative things, and she got all upset and cried. Now, I don't know the full story, but that seems to be it. And people are going nuts over it. Why? What's up with this "they've gone too far" nonsense? I'm certainly not the guy to talk to if you want some expert opinion on 4chan, as I don't like the layout of the site and...Read Full Story

It seems that within hours of AT&T blocking 4chan , the site’s members had launched their attack on AT&T, including starting a rumor about the (fake) death of AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson geared to lower the company’s stock price. AT&T confirmed the partial block, stating that the company was “following the practices of their policy department.” Now, however, AT&T customers are reporting that 4chan is now unblocked .  What’s ironic is that 4chan is currently suffering from a massive DDOS...Read Full Story

4chan/b/ Related Articles Missing link or natural selection - new dragon - varanus lirungensis discovered in Indonesia Obama, repeat after me, ‘I made a mistake. I am sorry’ and it will all go away Al-Qaeda intent on ‘cleansing’ Christians by beheading them in Somalia Parents learn death of son, Jamal Bana, via the internet - photo ATT&T has apparently decided to block img.4chan.org. 4chan.org is still viewable. Here is what you won’t see. Many folk are calling it...Read Full Story