Category Archives: 8chan

DDoS-Guard To Forfeit Internet Space Occupied by Parler

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Parler, the beleaguered social network advertised as a “free speech” alternative to Facebook and Twitter, has had a tough month. Apple and Google removed the Parler app from its stores, and Amazon blocked the platform from using its hosting services. Parler has since found a home in DDoS-Guard, a Russian digital infrastructure company. But now it appears DDoS-Guard is about to be relieved of more than two-thirds of the Internet address space the company leases to clients — including the Internet addresses currently occupied by Parler. Continue reading DDoS-Guard To Forfeit Internet Space Occupied by Parler→

All Aboard the Pequod!

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Like countless others, I frittered away the better part of Jan. 6 doomscrolling and watching television coverage of the horrifying events unfolding in our nation’s capital, where a mob of President Trump supporters and QAnon conspiracy theorists was incited to lay siege to the U.S. Capitol. For those trying to draw meaning from the experience, might I suggest consulting the literary classic Moby Dick, which simultaneously holds clues about QAnon’s origins and offers an apt allegory about a modern-day Captain Ahab and his ill-fated obsessions. Continue reading All Aboard the Pequod!→

Hamas May Be Threat to 8chan, QAnon Online

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In October 2020, KrebsOnSecurity looked at how a web of sites connected to conspiracy theory movements QAnon and 8chan were being kept online by DDoS-Guard, a dodgy Russian firm that also hosts the official site for the terrorist group Hamas. New research shows DDoS-Guard relies on data centers provided by a U.S.-based publicly traded company, which experts say could be exposed to civil and criminal liabilities as a result of DDoS-Guard’s business with Hamas. Continue reading Hamas May Be Threat to 8chan, QAnon Online→

The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon

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Some of the world’s largest Internet firms have taken steps to crack down on disinformation spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists and the hate-filled anonymous message board 8chan. But according to a California-based security researcher, those seeking to de-platform these communities may have overlooked a simple legal solution to that end: Both the Nevada-based web hosting company owned by 8chan’s current figurehead and the California firm that provides its sole connection to the Internet are defunct businesses in the eyes of their respective state regulators.

In practical terms, what this means is that the legal contracts which granted these companies temporary control over large swaths of Internet address space are now null and void, and American Internet regulators would be well within their rights to cancel those contracts and reclaim the space. Continue reading The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon→

QAnon/8Chan Sites Briefly Knocked Offline

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A phone call to an Internet provider in Oregon on Sunday evening was all it took to briefly sideline multiple websites related to 8chan/8kun — a controversial online image board linked to several mass shootings — and QAnon, the far-right conspiracy theory which holds that a cabal of Satanic pedophiles is running a global child sex-trafficking ring and plotting against President Donald Trump. Following a brief disruption, the sites have come back online with the help of an Internet company based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Continue reading QAnon/8Chan Sites Briefly Knocked Offline→

Cloudflare acknowledges risk from customers like 8chan, Daily Stormer in IPO filing

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Internet services company Cloudflare has filed to go public, a long-anticipated move that comes amid ongoing controversy surrounding the firm’s reluctance to drop websites that allow hate speech. The San Francisco-based company on Thursday filed its S-1 document with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the first step in a process that will result in shares trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the “NET” symbol. It had 74,873 paying customers in the first half of this year, reporting a $36.8 million net loss on $129.2 million in revenue, according to the filing. Revenue was up 48% from the first half of 2018, the company said. Cloudflare aims to raise $100 million under the initial public offering. It offers distributed domain name server services, making it one of a handful of companies charged with ensuring vast swaths of the internet run smoothly and without interruption. Cloudflare also provides mitigation for distributed […]

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Smashing Security #140: Love, PINs, and 8chan

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Is the PIN you use for your bank card secure? How did one woman get duped into giving a romance scammer $200,000? And Cloudflare and other online services take aim at a vile corner of the internet…
All this and much more is discussed in the lates… Continue reading Smashing Security #140: Love, PINs, and 8chan→

The Culture War Comes to Linux

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After Linux adopted a new Code of Conduct, a small group of programmers threatened to rescind their code from the project. Lead Linux developers say the threat is “hollow.” Continue reading The Culture War Comes to Linux→