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	A "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	First Catbox collection of text files released followed by version 1.1. Some Solarpunk contents too.
2021-07-09	Cyb + Sec The Thread Revival	318 / 58 / 99	That start of a series of attempts to revive the general. A frogposter is late in claiming "Cyberpunk has nothing to do with cybersecurity". People are surprised the thread has not been killed. Expectations were generally low.

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.