More of Internet Archive is back online, despite hackers infiltrating its helpdesk
Following last month's devastating cyberattacks, there's good news and bad news about Internet Archive and its popular Wayback Machine.
Internet Archive Suffers Major Attack, Hackers Boast They Have 'Your Data'
The Internet Archive has been compromised again with its Zendesk customer support system hacked on October 20.
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's Wayback Machine is back up after hack
News of the DDoS attack (which stands for “Distributed Denial of Service”) broke on October 9, when users attempting to access the Wayback Machine were met with a JavaScript alert that read: “Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a catastrophic security breach?
Internet Archive Hackers Taunt the Site by Responding to Old Support Tickets
Those behind the hack chastise the Internet Archive for not rotating API keys, giving them access to the organization's Zendesk ticketing system.
Internet Archive hacked again: We know because the hacker responded to our email to the Archive.
The hacker responds through Internet Archive. Earlier this month, Internet Archive suffered multiple cyberattacks that ended up taking the entire platform, including The Wayback M
Hackers steal information from 31 million Internet Archive users
The digital library's website was defaced earlier this month with a message boasting its theft of Internet Archive users' sensitive records. The nonprofit said it's working to bolster security.
The Internet Archive hackers still have access to its internal emailing tools
Users on the Internet Archive subreddit are reporting getting the replies, as well. Here is the message I received: It’s dispiriting to see that even after bein
Internet Archive hackers sending email replies to support tickets [U]
An Internet Archive data breach has been confirmed by the organisation, which has also been suffering Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The home of the Wayback Machine was previously attacked back in May
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