A sad day for the internet, as it has been confirmed that the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/) that hosts a massive amount of historical data has been hit by DDoS attacks, and unfortunately they've had a breach.
Recently instead of seeing the website as usual, users were greeted with message like this (credit):
Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a catastrophic security breach? It just happened. See 31 million of you on HIBP!
HIBP is in reference to the popular HaveIBeenPwned website, that lists various data breaches and now includes this latest breach in their database. Troy Hunt, founder of HIBP, confirmed in a thread on Twitter / X that it is legitimate and they had been communicating with the Internet Archive about it,
The breach was also confirmed by Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, who said this on Twitter / X:
What we know: DDOS attack–fended off for now; defacement of our website via JS library; breach of usernames/email/salted-encrypted passwords.
What we’ve done: Disabled the JS library, scrubbing systems, upgrading security.
Will share more as we know it.
It did briefly come back up, but was hit by another DDoS. As a result, the Internet Archive has been taken offline while their admins deal with the situation.
An account on Twitter / X called "Sn_darkmeta" claimed responsibility for it.
Just another reminder that you should never share passwords between websites.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
BlackBloodRum Oct 11
Last edited by BlackBloodRum on 11 October 2024 at 11:39 am UTC
Quoting: pbI just wonder why did 31 million people need an account on archive.org. Genuinely wonder, because I've been using it (occasionally) for 25 years and never needed an account.You'll need it to upload files to them.
Last edited by Leahi84 on 11 October 2024 at 12:11 pm UTC
Anyway I guess we have to wait and see if we are told who the group were.
Comandante Ñoñardo Oct 11
Quoting: pbI just wonder why did 31 million people need an account on archive.org. Genuinely wonder, because I've been using it (occasionally) for 25 years and never needed an account.
I have an account there because I wanted to borrow a book some time in the past. It's also nice that I don't get the donate pop-up for a while after I donate (you could probably use an extension to hide it, but that's just mean).
Quoting: LoudTechieSince Corona they're actually in hot water about that, because back than they suddenly let everybody at once use these media files(without permission).
Yeah, that was SO stupid, and I really hate that IA poisoned the wells and salted the earth when the lawsuit happened. 'Oh no, they're attacking digital libraries, please stop them from destroying digital libraries, all we do is the same as a library but digital, is that so bad?' And meanwhile they're letting everyone borrow the same single copy of a single book they have. So stupid. And them trying to defend themselves with pretending like they didn't do the stupid obviously illegal thing and then getting a ruling that may prevent others from starting digital libraries is just so terrible.
Still though, most of the IA's works are a massive benefit to all of humanity and attacking them like this is really terrible. It kinda reminds me of those idiots who glue themselves to paintings to protest climate change, and I wonder if all of them are just false flag operators trying to discredit the cause they claim to be championing. ...Maybe I just played too much Deus Ex.
QuoteStill though, most of the IA's works are a massive benefit to all of humanity and attacking them like this is really terrible. It kinda reminds me of those idiots who glue themselves to paintings to protest climate change, and I wonder if all of them are just false flag operators trying to discredit the cause they claim to be championing. ...Maybe I just played too much Deus Ex.
What... This is a thing?? This is the first I've heard of it. Good god that sounds ridiculous and infuriating. The last thing we need is people discrediting something that will lead to the extinction of humans.
Last edited by Leahi84 on 11 October 2024 at 1:17 pm UTC
Quoting: dubigrasuQuoting: pbI just wonder why did 31 million people need an account on archive.org. Genuinely wonder, because I've been using it (occasionally) for 25 years and never needed an account.You'll need it to upload files to them.
Yes, that part is obvious, but I didn't think 31 million people would upload stuff to the IA. To megaupload, maybe.
BlackBloodRum Oct 11
Quoting: pbIA has been running since 1996. To put that in perspective, that's 28 years. It's not hard to imagine that in such a span of time 31 million accounts could have been made. Some of those could be duplicates, others simply upload one file and go and of course possibly junk / spam accounts.Quoting: dubigrasuQuoting: pbI just wonder why did 31 million people need an account on archive.org. Genuinely wonder, because I've been using it (occasionally) for 25 years and never needed an account.You'll need it to upload files to them.
Yes, that part is obvious, but I didn't think 31 million people would upload stuff to the IA. To megaupload, maybe.
But, it's totally plausible when you consider the span of time and how big of a website it is.
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