Buried among the tech news and cntroversial issues hogging the headlines right now is something everyone should be aware of. A few days ago, the Internet Archive suffered a major hit when a series of DDoS attacks has taken it offline.
The Verge broke this story when i noticed a popup on the site recently when the online database went down. The popup has since disappeared, but the site is not currently available.
According to security researcher Troy Hunt, the DDoS attack came just as the Internet Archive was preparing to disclose a previous breach of its site that resulted in the theft of more than 31 million records. Hunt, who runs the 'haveibeenpwned' service, said that the timing of the two attacks appears to be "entirely coincidental" and that there are likely "multiple parties" involved. " It's clearly not just one attack," he wrote.
Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle has been publishing updates on the attacks on X, with the latest news simply that the team is attempting to bring the site back online.
A DDoS organization known as Blackmeta claimed responsibility for the attacks with a confusing message that the platform "belongs to the USA." The Internet Archive is a non-profit headquartered in San Francisco that provides free access to a vast library of software and media, as well as hosting the Wayback Machine web archive. The message also referenced the stolen records with "HIBP" referring to Hunt's haveibeenpwned site that tracks compromised accounts.
This isn't the first time the archive has been targeted by DDoS attacks, but this latest attacks are part of a string of bad news for the Internet Archive. The platform has been fighting a legal battle over ebook copyrights and recently lost its appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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