Editing 2channel (section)

=== Personal information leak ===
In August 2013, a hacker using the name {{Nihongo3||さっしーえっち|sassy [[ecchi]]}}<ref name="AERA dot-2013">{{Cite web |date=2013-09-20 |script-title=ja:作家は暴言謝罪、不倫もバレる？ 2ちゃん情報流出騒動 |trans-title=The 2channel information leak |url=http://dot.asahi.com/aera/2013091800044.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/http://dot.asahi.com/aera/2013091800044.html |archive-date=2021-10-27 |website=AERA dot |publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |language=ja}}{{cbignore}}</ref> {{interlanguage link|2channel leak|lt=leaked|ja|2ちゃんねる個人情報流出事件|WD=}} the personal details (including names, addresses, and phone numbers)<ref name="CNET-2013">{{Cite web |date=2013-08-26 |title=「2ちゃんねるビューア」に不正アクセス--個人情報が流出 |trans-title=2channel viewer users' personal information leaked |url=https://japan.cnet.com/article/35036403/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://japan.cnet.com/article/35036403/ |archive-date=2021-10-27 |access-date=2020-05-23 |website=CNET Japan |language=ja |quote=N.T.Technologyは8月26日、不正アクセスによって同社の提供する「2ちゃんねるビューア」の顧客情報が流出したことを発表し、謝罪した。流出した情報の範囲とその原因については「現在調査中」としているが、約3万件のクレジットカード番号や氏名、住所、電話番号などの情報が流出したと見られる。[On August 26, N.T. Technology announced that the customer information of the '2channel viewer' stored by the company was leaked due to unauthorized access and apologized. Although the range of information leaked and the cause of the leak are said to be 'under investigation,' about 30,000 credit card numbers, names, addresses, telephone numbers, and other information are thought to have leaked.]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[credit card numbers]] of thousands of 2channel users who had used 2channel's paid services into the public domain,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Akimoto |first=Akky |date=17 September 2013 |title=Accidental leak IDs over 30,000 'anonymous' 2channel users |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/09/17/digital/accidental-leak-ids-over-30000-anonymous-2channel-users/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921125901/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/09/17/digital/accidental-leak-ids-over-30000-anonymous-2channel-users/#.VgEwMcuqpBd |archive-date=21 September 2013 |work=[[The Japan Times]]}}</ref> exposing the anonymous profiles of various high level personas such as politicians and writers,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tabuchi |first=Yoshirō |date=2013-09-25 |title=あの人が書き込みを......2ch情報流出の波紋 |trans-title="That person wrote this..."&mdash;the ripples of the 2channel leak |url=https://president.jp/articles/-/10701 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://president.jp/articles/-/10701 |archive-date=2021-10-27 |access-date=2020-05-23 |website=PRESIDENT Online |language=ja |quote=この件で1番怖いのは、匿名を盾に誰がどんなことを書き込んでいたかが明らかになってしまったことだ。2ちゃんねるが最も封印せねばならない部分が、白日の下に晒されたのだ。有名なライトノベル作家が他の作家を数百回にわたって誹謗中傷した事実が明らかになり、本人がホームページで謝罪に追い込まれた。某2ちゃんねるまとめサイトの管理人はあらし行為を謝罪、サイトの閉鎖を発表した。流出したメールアドレスからは、某政治家、某大学准教授の名前、中央省庁、マスコミ各社、商社、通信会社、国内外の有名大学まで驚くような名前が並ぶ。[The scariest thing about this matter is that it became clear who was writing what behind the shield of anonymity. What 2channel was most expected to keep secret was instead exposed in broad daylight. It was revealed that a famous light novel writer slandered other writers hundreds of times, and he was forced to apologize on his website. A certain 2channel ''matome'' site owner apologized for trolling and announced that his site would close. You can see the names of politicians, an associate professor at a university, central government agency staff, media company staff, trading company staff, telecommunications company staff, and staff of famous universities in Japan and abroad from the leaked list of emails.]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> including an attorney involved in 2channel cases, {{Nihongo|Takahiro Karasawa|唐澤貴洋}},<ref name="AERA dot-2013" /> and a staff member of [[AKB48]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sato |first=Yuma |date=2013-08-27 |title=「2ちゃんねる」個人情報漏えい事件、AKB関係者のアカウント流出で大騒動に!? |url=https://news.biglobe.ne.jp/entertainment/0827/mcz_130827_6673398159.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830002645/https://news.biglobe.ne.jp/entertainment/0827/mcz_130827_6673398159.html |archive-date=30 August 2013 |access-date=2020-05-21 |website=BIGLOBEニュース |language=ja |quote=2channel personal information leak incident: AKB staff member account leaked? What's all the fuss about!?}}</ref> More than 74,000 users had their personal information exposed by the leak.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-29 |script-title=ja:＜個人情報流出余波＞書き込みバレて"公開処刑" |trans-title=[Personal information leak aftermath] The leak of posts is like a "public execution" |url=http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/nonsec/social/177889/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/nonsec/social/177889/ |archive-date=2021-10-27 |website=Tokyo Sports |language=ja |quote=巨大ネット掲示板「2ちゃんねる」の有料サービス会員の個人情報約7万4000件が流出した件で [About 74,000 customers of giant internet bulletin board '2channel' had their personal information exposed online.]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The paid service involved in the leak was known as the {{Nihongo|"2channel viewer"|2ちゃんねるビューア}},<ref name="AERA dot-2013" /> or {{Nihongo3||●|maru}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-19 |title=「サーバーを確保しました」 「2ちゃんねる」に何が起きたのか 運営費がひっ迫？ |trans-title=2channel: "I've secured the servers"...what happened? Is the site in financial trouble? |url=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1402/19/news151.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1402/19/news151.html |archive-date=2021-10-27 |access-date=2020-05-23 |website=ITmedia NEWS |language=ja |quote=「●」こと「2ちゃんねるビューア」で昨年8月に発覚したユーザー情報流出だ。[The user information leak that happened in August of last year had its source in "●", also known as the "2channel viewer".]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{efn|The service received the nickname {{Nihongo3|{{literally}} circle||maru}} because users of it could signal their support of 2channel by attaching a "●" to their post in the name field, which other users could not do.{{#tag:ref||name=Shinjo-2002}}}} Its main utility was that it allowed users to read old threads; if a thread on 2channel received 1,000 posts, it would become part of the {{Nihongo3|{{literally}} past log|過去ログ|kako rogu}} by a process of {{Nihongo|"[[.dat]] omission"|dat落ち}}{{efn|name=DATNote|2channel threads were encoded in a quasi-open standard known as ".dat". [http://info.5ch.net/index.php/Monazilla/develop/dat 5channel's official documentation] includes examples.}} of such threads, after which time a thread was no longer freely accessible.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-01 |title=5ちゃんねる（旧2ちゃんねる）の過去ログを閲覧する方法とは？ |trans-title=How can I read threads in the "past log" on 5channel (formerly 2channel)? |url=https://hibouchushou.net/contents/10004.php |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://hibouchushou.net/contents/10004.php |archive-date=2021-10-27 |website=誹謗中傷ドットネット |publisher=ATB Law Corporation |language=ja |access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref><ref name="Matsutani-2010" /> 2channel charged {{Currency|3600|JPY|linked=no}} per year for the service, which was typically paid by credit card; logs of these payments were the source of the data leak.<ref name="Sudō-2013">{{Cite web |last=Sudō |first=Tatsuya |date=2013-09-09 |title=2ちゃんねる会員情報流出 約3万件、カード番号など |trans-title=Around 30,000 members of 2channel have had their card numbers and other information leaked |url=https://www.asahi.com/national/update/0826/TKY201308260038.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909164307/https://www.asahi.com/national/update/0826/TKY201308260038.html |archive-date=2013-09-09 |access-date=2020-05-21 |website=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |quote=While anyone can read 2channel for free, only members who pay 3600 yen per month can search the archive of old threads.}}</ref>

At the time of the leak, Watkins apologized on behalf of N. T. Technology, Inc., saying he was the victim of a "cyber attack" and that "some data [of my] customers was compromised."<ref name="CNET-2013" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Watkins |first=Jim |date=2013-08-26 |title=不正アクセスによるお客様情報流出に関するお詫びとご報告 |trans-title=Apology and report regarding leak of customer information due to unauthorized access |url=http://2ch.tora3.net/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826185113/http://2ch.tora3.net/ |archive-date=2013-08-26 |access-date=2020-05-22 |website=2channel Viewer |language=ja, en |quote=N.T.Technology, inc was a victim of a cyber attack earlier today. Some data for customers was compromised. Your data may have been compromised.}}</ref>