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Not only this, but rumor has it that Omni (the original creator of the site) either sold it off or sold root access to a three letter agency years ago.

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The fact that it’s still around and there is clear evidence of it facilitating illegal activity leads me to believe it is in fact a honeypot run by law enforcement in the US.

> The fact that it’s still around and there is clear evidence of it facilitating illegal activity

there are plenty of smaller sites like this too with much more blatant illegal behavior

Link to the rumor?

As funny as the comment by jlgaddis is, there is no link, I used to be a mod on the site [0] and that's what I heard through the grapevine some years later.

The site's wiki [1] mentions this as well, but I couldn't find a more substantive article:

> [Hack Forums] boasts a long span of historical happenings involving major events such as an FBI scandal, members going rogue...

[0] https://wiki.hackforums.net/index.php/Etheryte

[1] https://wiki.hackforums.net/index.php?title=Hack_Forums

It is interesting how rumours spread and that is why I ask always ask for a link.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25025794

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