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The Man Trying to Resurrect 8chan (Starring 8chan's Founder)

Behind the Bastards

CHAPTER

The Real Deal on Race Queen Inc.

For most of the mid aughts, Jim's businesses hummed along without having any discernible impact on the broader culture. Things started to change in 2013 when 2chan had a massive data breach that exposed 30,000 people's credit card data. Now Tom Rydell claims that this is why NT technology took possession of 2chanel. The website remains huge and a significant source of profit to this day.

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