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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.
2022
| Date | Title | Posts | Files | Posters | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-21 | //cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 167 | 34 | 57 | OP asks "what ever happened to these threads?", gets no real answer. One anon promises to revive it. |
| 2022-01-23 | /cyb/ - Cyberpunk General | 143 | 53 | 42 | OP starts /cyb/ only, shortly after previous ends. An archive is announced. |
| 2022-01-26 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 1 | 1 | 1 | Thread was deleted by OP. |
| 2022-01-26 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 104 | 30 | 31 | OP got the thread going, lots of links to sizeof.cat, lasts one day |
| 2022-01-27 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 283 | 72 | 86 | OP restarted the thread next day. Increasing cert talk. |
| 2022-01-30 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 56 | 13 | 26 | OP restarted the thread next day. Slow thread, discussion on merging with /psg/. |
| 2022-02-03 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 34 | 11 | 13 | OP restarted the thread a few days later, discussions of starting this every Fridays only. |
| 2022-02-18 | /cyb/ + /sec/ | 25 | 05 | 12 | OP started the thread just over 2 week later, OP text was different, new OP? |
| 2022-02-28 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 34 | 02 | 18 | OP started the thread nearly 2 week later, OP was new. Friday-OP is not seen. |
2021
| Date | Title | Posts/Files/Posters | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-18 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 65 / 06 / 33 | OP tries frog posting, does not improve the discussion. |
| 2021-12-16 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 99 / 23 / 43 | Now people complaining about this not being about certs. |
| 2021-12-14 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 92 / 18 / 48 | Mostly about certs. |
| 2021-12-07 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 95 / 14 / 47 | Familiar and branded OP image used, OP insists "This isn't your jobs thread or cert thread, it's a group therapy session." This tag line continues the next few threads |
| 2021-12-03 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 36 / 03 / 19 | Still the same OP text. Again with Discord. |
| 2021-11-30 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 198 / 15 / 79 | Anons note pastes are stale but old FAQs are not linked to. Also with Discord link. |
| 2021-11-26 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 22 / 05 / 15 | OP admitted "Dead general edition" and last poster checked out thread with "die out". |
| 2021-11-25 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 12 / 03 / 08 | OP exclaimed "There's finally a discord server edition" and things went off the rails. |
| 2021-11-24 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 1 / 1 / 1 | Second post same day, just fell off page 10. |
| 2021-11-23 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 156 / 21 / 53 | Meixiu made an entrance, ended up deeming the thread retarded. Also lots of cert posting. |
| 2021-11-10 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 320 / 30 / 110 | Op states "This isn't your jobs thread or cert thread, it's a group therapy session." There are 44 posts on certs and 40 on jobs, at least the thread lasted beyond 310. |
| 2021-11-09 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 74 / 11 / 42 | Op states "This isn't your jobs thread or cert thread, it's a group therapy session." There are 2 posts on certs and 2 on jobs, a slight improvement. |
| 2021-11-08 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 36 / 10 / 16 | Op states "This isn't your jobs thread or cert thread, it's a group therapy session." There are 5 posts on certs and 14 on jobs. |
| 2021-11-07 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General | 138 / 19 / 43 | Op states "This isn't your jobs thread or cert thread, it's a group therapy session." There are 19 posts on certs and 29 on jobs. Some news postings are made, not in old format. |
| 2021-11-03 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity General: | 320 / 62 / 94 | The first to go past 310 for months. Abbreviated OP text. Many happy to see the general back, a few were quite the opposite. |
| 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. |
| 2021-06-19 | //CYB-SEC-GEN (CYB-SG)\\ | 91 / 9 / 47 | Op noted "Re-starting this General assuming the jannies haven't made it gone permanently. Apparently all of the tripfags and regulars got banned for some reason.
Disclaimer: If the jannies be mad and hatin', then this general is satirical in nature and really just a lulzy LARP". Others say people moved to Lainchan. Now gone regulars are listed. One anon keeps insisting none of this ever happened. |
| 2021-06-18 | //CYB-SEC-GEN (CYB-SG)\\ | 50 / 5 / 20 | Very brief OP text. Op note: "Re-starting this General assuming the jannies haven't made it gone permanently. Apparently all of the tripfags and regulars got banned for some reason." |
| 2021-06-06 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General - WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO /cybsec/ EDITION | 01 / 01 / 01 | One post. No replies. Shortest thread possible |
| 2021-05-29 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General -- Program Advance Edition | 88 / 12 / 32 | Mostly sec and bumps |
| 2021-05-24 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General WINDOWS WORM EDITION | 39 / 04 / 23 | Mostly sec and bumps |
| 2021-05-21 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General COMPILER DESIGN ISN'T A MEME EDITION | 106 / 10 / 46 | A purge and exodus to Lainchan is mentioned. Others objected. Regulars MIA were listed. |
| 2021-05-21 | /cyb/ + /sec/ Cyberpunk & Cybersecurity General | 9 / 1 / 6 | Brief |
| 2021-05-20 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General DAVE AITEL IS SMARTER THAN YOU EDITION | 21 / 02 / 13 | Brief |
| 2021-05-18 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General AI WILL SOLVE IT EDITION | 68 / 06 / 20 | Mostly sec |
| 2021-05-16 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General PAKISTANI CATFISH EDITION | 43 / 02 / 20 | Brief, mostly bumps. Some are picking up people that missed the migration to Lainchan. |
| 2021-05-15 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General | 15 / 04 / 07 | Second same day attempt. Brief, mostly bumps. Some ask why the general has been dying lately. |
| 2021-05-15 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General HACKERS GETTING HACKED EDITION | 21 / 05 / 11 | Brief, a few bumps |
| 2021-05-13 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General WHAT PIPELINE EDITION | 75 / 15 / 23 | Mostly sec, ransomware re. oil infrastructure |
| 2021-05-09 | /cyb/ + /sec/ Cybersecurity General OH NO MY GITHUB EDITION | 53 / 07 / 29 | Second thread on same day, yet mostly sec and bumps. |
| 2021-05-09 | /cyb/ + /sec/ Cybersecurity General MODEM HACKING EDITION | 6 / 3 / 5 | Brief. Anon was "amazed how quick it takes for these threads to archive". |
| 2021-05-07 | /cyb/ + /sec/ Cybersecurity General LORD NAIKON EDITION | 71 / 10 / 30 | Mostly sec and bumps |
| 2021-05-04 | /cyb/ + /sec/ Cybersecurity General APPLE IS SO SIMPLE TO USE EDITION | 152 / 10 / 59 | Mostly sec. |
| 2021-05-01 | /cyb/ + /sec/ Cybersecurity General IOT HAS NO ASLR EDITION | 217 / 14 / 61 | Mostly sec, some discussion on purge. |
| 2021-04-29 | /cyb/ + /sec/ Cybersecurity General 300 CONFIRMED KILLS EDITION | 84 / 14 / 32 | Mostly sec |
| 2021-04-25 | /cyb/ + /sec/ | 189 / 11 / 81 | Very short OP text. |
| 2021-04-22 | /cyb/ + /sec/ | 112 / 12 / 58 | Very short OP text. Second thread on same day |
| 2021-04-22 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general FIRMWARE IS YOUR FRIEND EDITION | 24 / 02 / 11 | Tmpout zine mentioned. |
| 2021-04-20 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general | 95 / 16 / 42 | Mostly /sec/ with comments like "just let this general die" |
| 2021-04-19 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general SIGNAL GIVES YOU A PRESENT EDITION | 110 / 11 / 45 | Mostly /sec/ with comments like "/cyb/ is dying, let's not be delusional about that, this gay board is killing it". Some had gone to Telegram but that too is now disbanded. |
| 2021-04-17 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general BIDEN SANCTIONS EDITION | 83 / 06 / 39 | Posters are concerned, "I think it'd be worthwhile if the /cyb/ community here would openly have a discussion about why these generals are dying. We've always gone in and out of activity, but never this inactive, and never for this long." |
| 2021-04-16 | /cyb/ + /sec/ is officially dead | 02 / 01 / 02 | Minimal OP text. Thread ended quickly, proving OP. |
| 2021-04-15 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general SECRET DELEET EDITION | 82 / 11 / 37 | Mostly /sec/ |
| 2021-04-12 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general CATASTROPHIC LEAKS EDITION | 144 / 17 / 69 | Mostly about jobs and certs. |
| 2021-04-11 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general | 83 / 13 / 33 | Comment: "This board/thread is dead. The real cybersec discussions happen on another board named after a little girl. Just let /cyb/ die" |
| 2021-04-10 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general JOHN AND PAUL EDITION | 17 / 01 / 06 | Comment: "This board/thread is dead. The real cybersec discussions happen on another board named after a little girl. Just let /cyb/ die" |
| 2021-04-08 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general | 109 / 18 / 44 | Mostly about /sec/ jobs |
| 2021-04-06 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general SOLARIGATE EDITION | 29 / 03 / 19 | Mostly about /sec/ jobs: "might as well call this thread /cert/+/jobadvice/" |
| 2021-04-05 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general | 63 / 10 / 31 | Some /cyb/ discussions |
| 2021-04-02 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general I CHOOSE DAVE AITEL Edition | 137 / 18 / 38 | Mostly about /sec/ jobs |
| 2021-03-31 | /cyb/ + /sec/: Cyber security general - Aramaki edition | 166 / 29 / 66 | Mostly about /sec/. Symb0l is back, the FTP server will not be back. |
| 2021-03-28 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity and related autismo - Tachikoma edition | 176 / 25 / 62 | Mostly about /sec/ and related jobs. Complain that "the same cyberpunk retards kept derailing" these threads. |
| 2021-03-24 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk - Batou edition | 319 / 52 / 96 | Two anons reporting they were banned on fabricated grounds [1] [2] |
| 2021-03-23 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk-poorly formatted edition | 19 / 04 / 12 | Anon asks "why is this general so dead" - the answer is in next thread. |
| 2021-03-22 | /cyb/ + /sec/ - CYBERPUNK/CYBERSECURITY GENERAL | 17 / 03 / 12 | Brief |
| 2021-03-22 | /cyb/ + /sec/ - CYBERPUNK/CYBERSECURITY GENERAL | 16 / 05 / 11 | Brief |
| 2021-03-21 | /cyb/ + /sec/ - CYBERPUNK/CYBERSECURITY GENERAL | 122 / 16 / 39 | Some crypto discussions for once. |
| 2021-03-15 | /cyb/ + /sec/ - CYBERPUNK/CYBERSECURITY GENERAL | 318 / 22 / 120 | Once instance of "=== /sec/ news" and "=== /cyb/ news", two posts deleted |
| 2021-03-15 | /cyb/ + /sec/ - CYBERPUNK/CYBERSECURITY GENERAL | 07 / 01 / 06 | One harmless post deleted |
| 2021-03-10 | /cyb/ + /sec/ - CYBERPUNK/CYBERSECURITY GENERAL | 254 / 26 / 94 | First of a series with the same title. Mostly certs and jobs |
| 2021-03-10 | /cyb/ + /sec/ - Blue team edition | 07 / 04 / 05 | Started too early, while another was still running |
| 2021-03-09 | /cyb/ + /sec/ keep it alive | 65 / 04 / 33 | Mostly about jobs |
| 2021-03-06 | /cyb/ + /sec/ - I'm going to rant in the OP | 214 / 28 / 72 | Mostly about jobs and certs, one post deleted |
| 2021-02-27 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity | 191 / 37 / 51 | Mostly about jobs and certs, one post deleted |
| 2021-02-26 | /cyb/ + /sec/ + /hmg/ : i love you; neither do i | 95 / 06 / 27 | Mostly about jobs and certs |
| 2021-02-24 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity | 280 / 23 / 64 | Once instance of "=== /sec/ news" and "=== /cyb/ news" |
| 2021-02-18 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General Cyberpunk and Cybersecurity | 313 / 38 / 110 | Mostly jobs and certs. Two instances of "=== /sec/ news" |
| 2021-02-16 | /cyb/ + /sec/ General | 59 / 10 / 22 | Second thread same day. A note that a /sec/ only thread quickly died. |
| 2021-02-16 | Cybersecurity and cyberpunk General /cyb/ /sec/ | 15 / 05 / 10 | Short |
| 2021-02-12 | /cyb/ + /sec/ Cyberpunk & Cybersecurity General | 19 / 02 / 11 | One instance of "=== /sec/ news" |
| 2021-02-07 | /cyb/ + /sec/ Cyberpunk & Cybersecurity General | 278 / 54 / 117 | Two instances of "=== /sec/ news" and one of "=== /cyb/ news". A fair bit of cyberpunk/tech discussions. |
| 2021-02-04 | /cyb/ + /sec/ Cyberpunk & Cybersecurity General | 273 / 43 / 98 | A lot of cert posting. |
| 2021-02-01 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk General | 145 / 18 / 70 | Two instances of "=== /sec/ news" |
| 2021-01-28 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk General | 212 / 20 / 87 | One instance of "=== /sec/ news" |
| 2021-01-24 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk General | 309 / 48 / 96 | One instance of "=== /sec/ news" and two of "=== /cyb/ news". Symb0l still missing |
| 2021-01-23 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk General | 26 / 05 / 15 | Brief |
| 2021-01-18 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk General | 318 / 44 / 115 | Two instances of "=== /sec/ news" and one of "=== /cyb/ news". A fair bit of Solarpunk discussions. |
| 2021-01-13 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk | 323 / 28 / 114 | Four instances of "=== /sec/ news" and two of "=== /cyb/ news". A fair bit of Solarpunk discussions. |
| 2021-01-09 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk | 318 / 40 / 113 | Two instances of "=== /sec/ news". |
| 2021-01-04 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk | 316 / 37 / 111 | One instance of "=== /sec/ news" and two of "=== /cyb/ news". Symb0l still active |
2020
| Date | Title | Posts | Files | Posters | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-04 | /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk | 229 | 38 | 79 | OP declares "/sec/ will never be a real thread edition". Four instance of "=== /sec/ news" and none of "=== /cyb/ news". |
Regulars
- the /sec/ FAQ editor
- the /cyb/ FAQ editor, plus /sec/ contents contributors to the Wiki
- the /sec/ News anons
- the /cyb/ News anons
- the Knowledge Management System (KMS) anon
- the Compiler anon, planned to compile all info from the threads. The News anons used the format "=== /sec/ News" as breadcrumbs for retrieval by Compiler anon
- Wiki anon, aka Symb0l
- the anons putting up the various Mega archives, the archives are all gone now
- the Corona virus tracking anon, someone trying to model the spread the same way as malware spreads
- the Banesuit anon, planning to make a banesuit inspired by Eudeamon
- the /ham/ FAQ editor started out in this general and was at least once a regular
Summary
The incident appears to have happened in the middle on February 2021. 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.
