As for why it didn't install the patches, 4chan blames the site's dire financial situation. Advertisers and web hosts have long shunned the messaging board over its controversial content. “Ultimately, this problem was caused by having insufficient skilled man-hours available to update our code and infrastructure, and being starved of money for years by advertisers, payment providers, and service providers who had succumbed to external pressure campaigns,” 4chan said.
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