The Internet Archive and Wayback Machine went down on Tuesday following a sustained cyber attack.
In addition, the Archives user data has been compromised.
On October 8, it was obvious something was wrong.
Internet Archive servers at the headquarters in San Francisco.© Jason Scott photo.
DDOS on a Tuesday?
Last time it was a Monday, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle said in apost on X.
On Tuesday, things had gotten worse.
The site was down and someone had defaced it.
Pulling up the site prompted a JavaScript alert.
See 31 million of you on HIBP!
The little alert said.
In a post on X, Hunt described the timeline of events.
Troy Hunt (@troyhunt)October 9, 2024
Kahle followed up on October 9.
What weve done: Disabled the JS library, scrubbing systems, upgrading security.
The next morning, the Archive was back offline.
[Archive] is being cautious and prioritizing keeping data safe at the expense of service availability.
A pro-Palestenian hacktivist group called SN_BLACKMETA hastaken responsibilityfor the hack on X and Telegram.
SN_BLACKMETA also claimed responsibility for a six-day DDoS attack on the Archive back in May.
Its been a hard year for the Internet Archive.
I think they are trying to destroy this library entirely and hobble all libraries everywhere.
The Internet Archive did not return Gizmodos request for comment.
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