Vile stalking site Kiwifarms has been hacked again, by unknown third parties, using an unknown mechanism. It is presently down with no more than a user impact statement visible (archive). According to a statement posted on the site by Joshua Conner Moon, (Kiwifarms’ murderous paedophile owner), user emails, passwords and IP addresses have been compromised. A Twitter account claiming to be operated by a hacker collective, @OpSyndicate42, has claimed responsibility and indeed, threatened forthcoming attacks on 31 August 2022.

A Twitter account claiming to be operated by hacker collective OpSyndicate42 threatens to attack Kiwifarms.

In his statement, Moon has confirmed the site was hacked. He is not certain of the mechanism but believes the hack was done using a script file disguised as an audio clip that was uploaded to the forum and then executed. Of course, this was one of many challenges for Kiwifarms anticipated when I had Kiwifarms’ license revoked last year. In 2021, I got in touch with the makers of Xenforum, pointing out that Kiwifarms’ illegal content and activities plainly breached the license terms. The manufacturers agreed and revoked the license, forcing Kiwifarms to illegally use a nulled installation in breach of copyright law. Lack of access to patches and security updates made Kiwifarms vulnerable to rival criminals.

Joshua Conner Moon bemoans Kiwifarms’ having its Xenforum license revoked.

Based on Telegram chats, some Kiwifarms users apparently frightened of exposure. This only underlines the folly of joining a murderous stalking site.

MHN will be following this story. We will not be doing anything illegal, but can look at disclosures from whistleblowers. Email address on the about page, here.