Hacker exploited Imgur flaw to secretly load over 450 background images and attack 8chan
An attacker, or attackers, could have pulled off massive pwnage – such as secretly installing keyloggers on PCs belonging to thousands of unsuspecting visitors of the popular image-sharing site Imgur; instead, the attacker targeted users of 4chan and 8chan via images shared on the r/4chan sub-reddit.
On the subreddit 4chan, Reddit user rt4nyp first spotted that Imgur was “doing fishy things” with “some 4chan screencaps.” In case you don’t know, Imgur is often featured on Reddit’s “front page” of the Internet and receives who knows how many millions of daily visitors. WunderWeasal, another Reddit user, posted a screenshot of “over 453 requests” made covertly in the background when an Imgur image was opened on r/4chan. It was eventually reported that clicking on an affected Imgur link would secretly open about 500 other images in the background.
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