Brief Summary
The Internet Archive, a crucial website that archives the history of the internet, is facing a major crisis. It has been attacked from multiple angles, including a data breach exposing 31 million email addresses and password hashes, a legal battle with publishers, and a denial-of-service (DoS) attack that has taken the website offline. The Internet Archive's founder, Brewster Kahle, is a strong advocate for universal access to knowledge, but the organization has faced criticism for its policies on copyright and data retention. The attack is being claimed by a group called Black Meta, who are demanding the shutdown of all "sister" websites.
- The Internet Archive is facing a major crisis due to a data breach, legal battle, and DoS attack.
- The attack is being claimed by a group called Black Meta, who are demanding the shutdown of all "sister" websites.
The Internet Archive, a non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle, has been a vital resource for preserving the history of the internet. It has archived over 890 billion web pages, including their HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and images, dating back to 1996. This vast archive allows us to see how the internet has evolved over time, from its early days to the present. However, the Internet Archive is currently facing a major crisis, with its website offline due to a series of attacks.
On September 30th, 2024, it was discovered that the Internet Archive had suffered a data breach, exposing 31 million email addresses and password hashes. The breach was confirmed on October 5th, and the Internet Archive was notified on October 6th. They were given a 72-hour window to make the breach public, which they did on October 8th. The hackers responsible for the breach have not been identified, but the group Black Meta has claimed responsibility for the attack.
In addition to the data breach, the Internet Archive is also facing a legal battle with publishers over its Open Library service. Open Library, founded by Brewster Kahle and the late Aaron Schwartz, digitizes physical books and allows one digital copy to be lent out for each physical copy owned. This practice was challenged by publishers, who claimed copyright infringement. The publishers won the lawsuit, which could result in over $600 million in damages for the Internet Archive.
The Internet Archive has been facing aggressive denial-of-service (DoS) attacks since May 2024. On October 9th, the website was defaced with JavaScript code that triggered an alert message about the data breach before it was officially disclosed. As of October 10th, the website is still being attacked and is completely offline.
The group Black Meta has claimed responsibility for the attacks on the Internet Archive. They have stated that they will continue to attack until all "sister" websites are completely down. They have released a video explaining their motives, which they claim are related to the situation in the Middle East. However, the connection between the Internet Archive and the Middle East is unclear, leading some to believe that the attack may be a false flag.
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0:00 have you ever felt like the internet archive runs on sticks and stones and is constantly on the verge of a major security breach it just happened that was the ominous message that greeted me yesterday when I visited the way back machine one of the most important websites in the history of the internet because it literally archives the history of the Internet it's been taking snapshots of websites including their HTML CSS JavaScript and images since 1996 allowing us to remember the worldwide web in its Peak form when Amazon looked like this and weird people made weird websites just for fun unlike nowadays where everybody just chases algorithms on cringe factories like Tik Tok and Instagram unfortunately the fate of this website hangs in the balance as it's currently getting pwned boned and owned from multiple angles a data breach exposed 31 million email addresses and password hashes its open Library lost a
0:46 critical legal battle its website was defaced with some JavaScript graffiti it's been getting dos Non-Stop and its current status is offline as we speak what the hell is going on at the internet archive it is October 10th 2024 and you're watching the report the way back machine contains over 890 billion archived web pages weighing in at nearly 100 pedabytes it's an unimaginable amount of data like if you look at one web page every second for the next 100 years you would have looked at less than 1% of the total archive and this data is practically Irreplaceable the only company that might be able to replace it is Google but Google recently stopped using its own cached archive and its search results and now points to you guessed it the internet archives way back machine now we don't know if the hackers have access access to the archived website data but if they do and
1:32 they might they have the power to erase the history of the worldwide web before we untangle this mess you should first know who Brewster kale is an advocate for universal access to all knowledge and the digital librarian who started the nonprofit internet archive back in '96 and times were different back then you could buy a house in San Francisco or Seattle and start a company and the internet archive could easily be a multi-billion dollar company but instead it's a free nonprofit service that benefits the world not everybody's a fan though you might want those unhinged post he wrote on the Temple of the screaming electron to be erased forever the internet archive will remove personal data and comply with gdpr but some people want legitimate content to be memory hold forever in addition the internet archive also offers a service called open Library which was founded by Kale along with the late Aaron Schwartz it digitizes physical books then allows
2:18 one digital copy to be lended out for each physical copy that's owned it sounds reasonable but they were sued recently by a bunch of Publishers claiming copyright infringement and the Publishers won that lawsuit which could result in over $600 million in Damages that was a big L but now let's move to the timeline of the recent hacks hibp which is not an STD but rather a website that helps people find out if their data has been compromised in a data breach was informed of the internet archives data breach on September 30th it's confirmed on October 5th the internet archive gets notified on October 6th and provide a 72-hour window before making the data breach public on October 8th Brewster kale post about a Dos attack occurring joking about it coming on a Tuesday instead of a Monday because the internet archive has been been facing aggressive dos attacks going all the way back to may he posts again on October
3:04 9th but this time it's a lot more somber the website is defaced with some JavaScript library which triggers an alert message about the data breach before it's been officially disclosed then finally as of right now on October 10th the website is still being attacked and is completely offline things are not looking good but that brings up a big question what sort of sick twisted hacker would want to mess with the internet archive and why well a activist group called black meta is claiming responsibility and will continue to attack until all their sister are completely down and just an hour ago they posted this crazy [Music] video I found it kind of funny because it uses a lot of the same stock photography that I use in my videos in the video they say they're not a bunch of teenagers which means that they're
3:50 probably just a bunch of teenagers they have a political message about the situation in the Middle East which doesn't make a ton of sense because attacking the internet archive isn't going to make people like you which means the only explanation is that it's a false flag now I have no idea who the real hacker is but I'm sure you're watching this video right now and I have a message for you if you let the internet archive go now that'll be the end of it I will not look for you I will not pursue you but if you so much as delete a single website in that archive I will look for you I will find you and I will kill you this has been the code report thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one
