8chan Doxes Federal Judge

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On Monday [2/9/15], imageboard site 8chan's "baphomet" subboard, an Internet destination known for hosting aggressive "doxing" posts, received a major history wipe the day after one of its users posted the personal information of a federal judge in the Silk Road case. Archived posts sent to Ars Technica contained the full mailing address, phone number, and Social Security number of Judge Katherine Forrest at the top of a "dox thread" from Sunday, February 8, that contained many other random people's personal information. http://ift.tt/1De42Kv

8chan is a site for people who consider 4chan too tame and who might enjoy kiddy porn or "pranks" like swatting.

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In January 2015 the site was used as a base for swatting exploits in Portland, Seattle, and Burnaby, British Columbia, most of them tied to the victims' criticism of Gamergate and 8chan's association with it; the attacks were coordinated on a board on the website called "baphomet." http://ift.tt/1CxbNbH

via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/1CxIrHD