Talk:/cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk

The Incident

In a recent /cyb/ /sec/ thread one anon asked about the incident. This is controversial, should we add a page on the topic? Below some notes while I try to figure out what happened, searching Desuarchive.

Notes

Desuarchive shows the /cyb/ generals ran from 2014 until the incident in 2021. The first post is dated 2014-03-05 and refers to Cyberpunk which started 2014-02-05. The first Cyberpunk general was dated 2013-01-21.

Timeline

• range banning /sec/ posters was mentioned.
• an irrecoverable purge was mentioned 2021-08-17, the incident must have taken place earlier.
• a dispute if there was a purge vs. /cyb/ never existed 2021-07-26
  • "Cyb died because there wasn't anything cyb related to talk about, other than posting pictures why does it need a general? It's literally /fa/"
• normal thread reaching 313 posts dated 2021-07-21; the next expired after 35 posts.

Threads

Date	Title	Posts/Files/Posters	Comment
2021-10-20	/cyb/ + /sec/ - Cybersecuity General	61 / 13 / 30	Lain mentioned but they deleted /cyb/, keeping /sec/; /Ω/ or /Δ/ has some /cyb/ discussion
2021-10-04	/cyb/ + /sec/ - Cybersecuity General	20 / 01 / 16	Brief, even by recent standards
2021-10-02	/cyb/ + /sec/ - Cybersecuity General	73 / 12 / 30	Started same day as previous general. Suggesting /sec/ turned on /cyb/ and spammed people away, via /fa/, general declared mostly dead
2021-10-02	/cyb/ + /sec/ - Cybersecuity General	05 / 03 / 11	Died quickly: "This thread was dead on arrival. We have 13 posts of which 4 are bumps."
2021-10-01	/cyb/ + /sec/ - Cybersecuity General	11 / 03 / 10	Died quickly: "So is the general officially back?" And thread dies within 6 hours.
2021-09-20	/cyb/ + /sec/ - Cybersecuity General	151 / 18 / 75	New OP text, close to that of 2021-08-22, mostly sec, one anon declares /cyb/ FAQ jibberish, is rewriting for posting on Neocities. The incident is explained as /sec/ forcing out /cyb. Symb0l makes an appearance.
2021-09-13	/cyb/ + /sec/ - Cybersecuity General	68 / 06 / 22	Uses old format OP text. The Mega archive was taken down.
2021-09-07	/cyb/ + /sec/ - Cybersecuity General	13 / 02 / 11	Lasted about an hour. one anon mentions "we all moved bro no need to make more threads here", another that "sec posters got range banned for some reason"
2021-09-07	what happened to /cyb/ threads?	11 / 01 / 08	Lasted nearly 3 hours. Op asked but got no answers.
2021-08-22	/cyb/er/sec/	82 / 09 / 39	New OP text. One anon noted that "Sadly this is another /sec/ threadlet dressed up with some stolen /cyb/ feathers. It will not last," and was right.
2021-08-16	/cyb/ + /sec/	33 / 06 / 27	Old OP text. Mostly discussions on what OP text should be. A purge is mentioned
2021-08-10	/cyb//sec/	03 / 01 / 03	One of the shortest ever, lasted less than 2 hours
2021-08-02	Does Anyone Have the /cyb/ Wall of Text?	12 / 06 / 09	Lasted just over 2 hours but OP got a reply.
2021-07-26	cyb/+/sec/ (7) - The Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity general	99 / 16 / 44	New OP text. Strong disagreement about past traffic with discussion of purge vs. "flop". Even the /sec/ FAQ has not seen a single update since that "happening". First admission that there was an attack in that "jannies kept deleting them".
2021-07-24	cyb/+/sec/ (6) - The Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity general	31 / 05 / 17	New OP text, but not the latest 1.1 and latest about 7 hours.
2021-07-21	/cyb/+/sec/ (5) - The Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity general	313 / 71 / 82	Old OP text, new versions 1.0 and 1.1 was suggested. Some claim "we are on lainchan".
2021-07-17	/cyb/+/sec/ #4 (Revival) - The Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity general	320 / 57 / 86	Mention of people range banned 3 - 6 months, plus "the huge purge a month or so ago".
2021-07-15	/cyb/+/sec/ #3 (Revival) - The Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity general	315 / 69 / 76	The "Cyberpunk has nothing to do with cybersecurity"-anon is early. Catbox 1.2 and 1.2.1 text files released.
2021-07-13	Cyb + Sec	316 / 59 / 85	TBD

Summary

The incident happened before the summer. People have strong opinions that there was a purge vs. it never even existed. Whatever happened, the general went from 300+ posts in a few days to expiring after less than 100 posts. Regulars and archives disappeared around the same time.