Other people online were happy about the hack. One person said the hacker was in the system for more than a year.

Pictures online showed parts of the website 4chan that only special users could see.

Some people use 4chan for bad things. Maybe this attack will show who they are.

TechCrunch asked people about the emails. One person said the information is true.

"I think it is true," the janitor said.

A worker said: "I am surprised. 4chan had problems before, but this is bigger. I am not happy. Many people are not happy. But we work here for a long time. Sharing private info is old on 4chan. We knew this could happen."

The cleaner said, "I was worried about the secret information. It is clear why. Maybe it is worse that a hacker took control of 4chan than just pictures. This is so the website can keep working."

The cleaner said the hacker took private information from people who pay for 4chan Pass.

4chan did not write back to an email.

4chan is a website where people can write things and share pictures. People don't use their real names. Sometimes, people share bad pictures to shock others. Ideas from 4chan can go to the real world. These can be funny pictures or bad ideas that make people do bad things.

Some pictures from 4chan are popular online. But 4chan also has political talk. Some people there get bad ideas. A group called QAnon started on 4chan.

A bad man killed many people in New Zealand in 2019. He used a website often. In 2022, another bad man killed people in the USA. He wrote about it, and some ideas were like the first bad man's ideas online.