Internet Archive leaks user info and succumbs to DDoS

stapp · Oct 10, 2024

31 million users' usernames, email addresses and salted-encrypted passwords are out there
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The Internet Archive had a bad day on the infosec front, after being DDoSed and exposing user data.
On Wednesday afternoon US time the outfit’s digital library Brewster Kahle revealed a DDoS attack had made the site unavailable. The Register understand the outage may have lasted up to five hours, during which time visitors saw only a notification of the incident.
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https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/internet_archive_ddos_data_leak/

ronjor · Oct 14, 2024

The Internet Archive is back as a read-only service after cyberattacks

By Tom Warren Oct 14, 2024
The Wayback Machine is back online after a data breach and DDoS attacks.
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stapp · Oct 21, 2024

Internet Archive exposed again – this time through Zendesk

Despite the Internet Archive's assurances it's back on its feet after a recent infosec incident, the org still appears to be in trouble after parties unknown claimed to hold access tokens to its Zendesk implementation and to have used them to send a mass email blast.
The claim was made on Sunday in the form of an email sent to those who have tried to interact with the Archive (IA) and had their requests routed to Zendesk – the SaaSy customer service platform.
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https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/21/internet_archive_zendesk_access_attack/

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