Internet Archive Suffers Major Attack, Hackers Boast They Have 'Your Data'
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- Oct 21, 2024
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earlier, an Internet Archive staff member took to Reddit to address
the initial hack. They emphasized the team's efforts to secure the site and restore services.
"The teams have getting the site back secure and safe as the number one priority. They have taken no days off this past week. They are taking none this weekend," the staff member wrote. "I spent today talking with tired and thoughtful people putting their all in."
Stock image of a warning notification on a computer screen. The Internet Archive's Zendesk customer support system was hacked on October 20.
Stock image of a warning notification on a computer screen. The Internet Archive's Zendesk customer support system was hacked on October 20.
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"The vast amount of our patrons understand the situation. A few do not and seem to think we are not doing this work literally round the clock. I spent today talking with tired and thoughtful people putting their all in," they added.
Security analysts expressed concern over the severity of the breach in October when the first large-scale hack was exposed, and DDoS attacks took the site offline.
Jason Meller, VP of Product at 1Password, told Newsweek at the time: "Based on publicly available evidence, the site has been thoroughly compromised. Given the severity of this breach and until they have had time to fully investigate, my strong recommendation is to avoid browsing or using any files obtained from the site until they have declared an 'all clear.'"
The DDoS attack was claimed by a self-described pro-Palestinian group known as SN_BlackMeta (also BlackMeta or DarkMeta). While the group took credit for the DDoS attack, they have not claimed this latest Zendesk data breach, which may have been conducted by a different threat actor.
The Internet Archive is a crucial resource for historians, researchers, and the general public, preserving billions of web pages and digital content. The breach not only compromises user data but also raises concerns about the security of valuable historical records.
Dorian Sherman, founder of the decentralized digital archiving platform Project Dara, posted online, "This IA (Internet Archive) outage is seemingly getting worse and worse, day by day. KSF (Knowledge Standards Foundation) and DARA were founded in part to mitigate such catastrophic data loss of centrally stored archives but we are not yet in a position to help at scale."
"I certainly hope we are not too late. As I say I'm very concerned about all this and have a very bad feeling," he added.
Sherman suggested that not only was the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine website not working right now, but that some of the archive may have been deleted.
"Evidence of DISAPPEARING ARCHIVES: Below 4 yrs of @X Twitter blog GONE," he said, sharing a screenshot of the Wayback Machine's archive page for the official X/Twitter blog.
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