Internet Archive cyberattack

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The Internet Archive headquarters in San Francisco, California.

On October 9, 2024, the Internet Archive, a creative works library and archival website, suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack that rendered the website unusable.[1] 31 million Internet Archive users accounts have been affected by the attack.[2]

On October 13, 2024, the Wayback Machine was put back up, albeit in a "provisional, read-only manner".[3] The other websites managed by the Internet Archive, including OpenLibrary.org, remain down as of October 15, 2024.[4]

## See also

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* British Library cyberattack

## References

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1. ^ Newman, Lily Hay. "Internet Archive Breach Exposes 31 Million Users". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
2. ^ "Internet Archive data breach exposes more than 31 million user accounts: Reports". The Hill. October 10, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
3. ^ Kahle, Brewster [@brewster_kahle] (October 14, 2024). "The @internetarchive's Wayback Machine resumed in a provisional, read-only manner. Sorry, no Save Page Now yet. Safe to resume but might need further maintenance, in which case it will be suspended again. Please be gentle https://web.archive.org More as it happens" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
4. ^ Ernst, Nico (October 13, 2024). "Internet Archive remains offline for the time being". heise online. Retrieved October 14, 2024.