So when 4chan got hacked, the Sharty did what the Sharty does best: took credit, made memes, and gloated all across /soy/. Reaction ranged from delighted chaos to horrified amusement. X user ...

While it played a role in meme creation and early ... Big picture view: According to PC Gamer, the hacker may have had access to 4chan’s systems for over a year before launching the attack.

Their goal was to “speak truth to power,” which they did by spreading the meme of the Guy Fawkes mask from “V for Vendetta,” encouraging 4Chan followers to wear the masks at public protests.

“The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem” is a documentary about 4Chan, the popular imageboard website that became the Petri dish in which QAnon — the mother of all crackpot conspiracy ...