https://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/comments/...creencaps/
(duplicate link from a separate subreddit because the first one has been downed once but is back)
https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/...ith_4chan/
https://archive.is/6uBZ0
To sum things up, someone found an exploit in Imgur that makes it to where certain images affect your local storage and make you part of a bot net, assuming I understand this correctly. Its currently being used to screw with 8chan, but that doesn't necessarily mean that is all it will be doing.
I'd put this in a different thread, but it really needs to be seen.
Edit: This has primarily affected posts from /r/4chan. These get to the frontpage of imgur quite frequently, so it is advised to stay off of imgur. My sig and profile picture come from imgur. They're fine.
(duplicate link from a separate subreddit because the first one has been downed once but is back)
https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/...ith_4chan/
https://archive.is/6uBZ0
To sum things up, someone found an exploit in Imgur that makes it to where certain images affect your local storage and make you part of a bot net, assuming I understand this correctly. Its currently being used to screw with 8chan, but that doesn't necessarily mean that is all it will be doing.
I'd put this in a different thread, but it really needs to be seen.
Edit: This has primarily affected posts from /r/4chan. These get to the frontpage of imgur quite frequently, so it is advised to stay off of imgur. My sig and profile picture come from imgur. They're fine.
(6 hours ago)Kosheh Wrote: ONCE AGAIN: OUR SIGNATURES AREN'T GOING TO INFECT YOU WITH SPOOKY TROJANS. visiting the page they're on in imgur MIGHT
Basically, in english, there's an ongoing JavaScript issue where a link to imgur would open a few hundred pages to 8chan with an attempt to get people to "unknowingly" DDoS the site. The exploit's tucked away in the header of imgur pages IIRC, so items that are linked atm shouldn't impact your browsing experience today! Just stay vigilant today and the best suggestion is to just not browse imgur this morning. If you're braver, just disable Javascript and Flash loading on imgur.
If you're super lazy, just disable Flash in Chrome.