Internet Archive is under attack
The Internet Archive is under attack
The non-profit behind open access digital library was hit with both a data breach and a stream of DDoS attacks in one week
Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is back online after last week’s DDoS attacks
The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is back online in a read-only state, after DDoS attacks took the entire platform offline on October 9. Founder Brewster Kahle posted on Monday (via The Verge) that the service is “resumed in a provisional,
Internet Archive is still not fully recovered: Here's how the attack unfolded
More details have emerged concerning the recent cyberattack against the Internet Archive, which appears to still not be fully recovered. The archive is now back online, in a preliminary ‘read-only’ capacity whilst it continues to recover.
The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved web pages are back online
Founded in 1996, the nonprofit Internet Archive crawls the web to preserve pages that are publicly available and has captured 916 billion web pages so far. It has a staff of 150 people and also provides free access to many videos, audio files, and books (though it was recently forced to delete 500,000 books after losing a copyright case).
The Internet Archive Hack: Why is the Web’s Digital Library Under Constant Attacks?
The Internet Archive, which hosts the Wayback Machine, is on a mission to preserve online content and books, yet it now faces constant attacks.
The Internet Archive is back as a read-only service after cyberattacks
The Internet Archive is back online in a read-only state after a cyberattack brought down the digital library and Wayback Machine last week. A data breach and DDoS attack kicked the site offline on October 9th, with a user authentication database containing 31 million unique records also stolen in recent weeks.
The Internet Archive slammed by DDoS attack and data breach
The Internet Archive, the nonprofit organization that digitizes and archives materials like web pages, came under attack Wednesday. Several users –
The Internet Archive is back online after a cyberattack
Its Wayback Machine, which lets users view old versions of websites, is back in a read-only manner. The Internet Archive is back online after new of a cyberattack took out its digital library and popular Wayback Machine on October 9.
Internet Archive is back up in a provisional "read-only" state since cyberattack
Earlier this week, news broke of a major hack on the Internet Archive, which leaked 31 million users' account info and temporarily took the service offline. The breach date later given seems to be September 28.
Internet Archive wobbles back online, with limited functionality
DDoS detectives deduce Mirai used to do the deed, using home entertainment boxes in Korea, China, and Brazil The Internet Archive has come back online, in slightly degraded mode, after repelling an October 9 DDoS attack and then succumbing to a raid on users' data.
The Internet Archive and Its 916B Saved Webpages Are Back Online
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