8chan April Fool's Hack

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Starting April 1st, users read the follow message when accessing 8chan:

8chan was hacked On April 1, 2017, 8chan was hacked. We are investigating the problem and hope to have the servers back online soon. Pay attention here for updates.

A note at the bottom of the page read:

Note: The hacker deleted all the databases. We have backups of most posts and threads. As of now, I cannot find an indication that the hacker downloaded the databases, however it is highly recommended you change any password that might be shared with your 8chan mod.php account.

The website 8ch.net only leads to that message at this time. Five updates on the matter have been posted on the same page. These updates indicate that the owner figured out exactly how the hacker got in, is improving security accordingly, and is currently trying to put online backed up data of boards which have been deleted back onto the website.