A mail server vulnerability has publicly exposed more than a year’s worth of email logs, as well as highlighted security and infrastructure issues, faced by the administrators and maintainers of controversial websites such as 8kun.
The logs, which were publicly visible before the vulnerability was patched last month, show thousands of email contacts made by 8kun administrators as well as by an address that appears to belong to 8kun owner Jim Watkins.
While it is possible to see who is emailing who and when in the logs, it is not possible to view the contents of emails.
The logs show admin accounts for the likes of 8kun and “Is It Wet Yet” (IIWY), the parent company of 8kun which is also owned by Watkins, engaging with a variety of email addresses. Many appear to show internal communications but others show contacts with apparent commercial partners and a variety of outside addresses. There are also one-off contacts with at least two law enforcement agencies.