A threat actor hacked the Internet Archive and stole a user authentication database with 31M unique records; a DDoS attack took the site offline on October 9
Internet Archive's “The Wayback Machine” has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole …
BleepingComputer Lawrence Abrams
Related Coverage
- The Internet Archive is under attack, with a breach revealing info for 31 million accounts The Verge · Wes Davis
- Miserable Miscreants Targeted Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, Stole 31 Million Records Metacurity · Cynthia B Brumfield
- Internet Archive breach compromises 31 million accounts - what you need to know ZDNET · Lance Whitney
- Internet Archive hacked, 31 million accounts have info leaked PCWorld · Michael Crider
- Internet Archive hacked and 31 million user accounts leaked — hacking group ‘SN_Blackmeta’ claims responsibility Tom's Hardware · Roshan Ashraf Shaikh
- Internet Archive hit with large-scale breach, DDoS attack SC Media
- ‘Wayback Machine’ breach affects 31 million people AppleInsider · Malcolm Owen
- The Internet Archive Has Been Hacked Hackaday · Lewin Day
- Internet Archive leaks user info and succumbs to DDoS The Register · Simon Sharwood
- Internet Archive (Archive.Org) Hacked: 31 Million Accounts Compromised Hackread · Waqas
- Massive hack hits Internet Archive, compromising millions of user accounts TechSpot · Skye Jacobs
- Internet Archive Data Breach Exposes 31 Million Accounts PaymentSecurity.io · Mathew J. Schwartz
- Internet Archive web historians target of hacktivist cyber attack ComputerWeekly.com · Alex Scroxton
- Internet Archive Breach Exposes 31 Million Users Wired
- Hacker Defaces Internet Archive, Steals Data on 31 Million Users PCMag · Michael Kan
- Internet Archive is Attacked and 31 Million Files Stolen Security Boulevard · Jeffrey Burt
- Is Internet Archive down on your end? Well, you're not the only one MSPoweruser · Rafly Gilang
- Change your passwords: Attackers claim a ‘catastrophic security breach’ of the Internet Archive, with 31 million emails and hashed passwords captured PC Gamer · Joshua Wolens
- Internet Archive data breach exposes 31M users; under DDoS attack 9to5Mac · Ben Lovejoy
- The Internet Archive suffers massive data breach affecting tens of millions of users BetaNews · Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson
- Internet Archive hacked, millions of records stolen following DDoS attack TechRadar
- Internet Archive Breached, 31 Million Records Exposed Infosecurity · Kevin Poireault
- The Internet Archive taken down by DDoS attacks Engadget · Anna Washenko
- Internet Archive suffers from cyberattack affecting 31m users Silicon Republic · Suhasini Srinivasaragavan
- 31 million accounts affected as Internet Archive gets hacked; site defaced and DDoS'd TechIssuesToday.com · Dwayne Cubbins
- Internet Archive confirms data breach of over 31 million accounts, suffers many DDoS attacks Neowin · Karthik Mudaliar
- 31 Million Users Affected By Internet Archive Hack SecurityWeek · Eduard Kovacs
- Massive Breach at Internet Archive's Wayback Machine - Millions of user records compromised Ghacks · Ashwin
- The Internet Archive just faced DDoS attacks & big data breach Android Headlines · Jean Leon
- The Internet Archive slammed by DDoS attack and data breach TechCrunch · Connie Loizos
- Internet History Hacked, Wayback Machine Down—31 Million Passwords Stolen Forbes · Davey Winder
- Internet Archive Hit By Major Security Breach And DDOS Attack: 31 Million Accounts Compromised Benzinga · Rounak Jain
- Internet Archive Struggles with Data Breach and Ongoing DDoS Attacks Affecting 31 Million Accounts WinBuzzer · Luke Jones
- Internet Archive — In September 2024, the digital library of internet sites Internet Archive suffered … Have I Been Pwned …
- Internet Archive down, claims ‘catastrophic’ data breach impacting 31 million Cyber Daily · David Hollingworth
- Daily News Stuff 10 October 2024 Ace of Spades · Pixy Misa
- BleepingComputer writes: The text “HIBP” refers to the Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service created by Troy Hunt, with whom threat actors commonly share stolen data to be added to the service. — Hunt told BleepingComputer that the threat actor shared the Internet Archive's authentication database three days ago and it is a 6.4GB SQL file named “ia_users.sql.” … @briankrebs@infosec.exchange · BrianKrebs
- Internet Archive: Security breach alert Hacker News
- Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users Beehaw
- Internet Archive Suffers ‘Catastrophic’ Breach Impacting 31 Million Users Slashdot · BeauHD
Discussion
-
@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon …
John Mark Ockerbloom
on mastodon
BleepingComputer reports that hackers have obtained a copy of the Internet Archive's authentication database, including 31 million unique email addresses, along with “screen names, password change timestamps, Bcrypt-hashed passwords, and other internal data.” …
-
@hanno@mastodon.social
@hanno@mastodon.social
on mastodon
I'm a big fan of the @internetarchive but it does not appear they handled this security breach well... https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ... learned about this via haveibeenpwned, that's not how it should go.
-
@sn_darkmeta
@sn_darkmeta
on x
The Internet archive has and is suffering from a devastating attack We have been launching several highly successful attacks for five long hours and, to this moment, all their systems are completely down. second round | New attack 09/10/2024 Duration 6 hours [image]
-
@brewster_kahle
Brewster Kahle
on 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.
-
@troyhunt
Troy Hunt
on x
@haveibeenpwned Let me share more on the chronology of this: 30 Sep: Someone sends me the breach, but I'm travelling and didn't realise the significance 5 Oct: I get a chance to look at it - whoa! 6 Oct: I get in contact with someone at IA and send the data, advising it's our goa…
-
@sn_darkmeta
@sn_darkmeta
on x
@Vestboy_Myst They are under attack because the archive belongs to the USA, and as we all know, this horrendous and hypocritical government supports the genocide that is being carried out by the terrorist state of “Israel”.
-
@troyhunt
Troy Hunt
on x
Hi folks, yes, I'm aware of this. I've been in communication with the Internet Archive over the last few days re the data breach, didn't know the site was defaced until people started flagging it with me just now. More soon.
-
@haveibeenpwned
@haveibeenpwned
on x
New breach: Internet Archive had 31M records breached last month including email address, screen name and bcrypt password hash. 54% were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ...
-
@brewster_kahle
Brewster Kahle
on x
Yesterday's DDOS attack on @internetarchive repeated today. We are working to bring https://archive.org/ back online.
-
@mrboko1234
@mrboko1234
on x
when i find who hacked the internet archive [video]
-
@todd_x_y
Todd Youngblood
on x
If the Internet Archive itself is meaningfully damaged after this hack, this will be a significant loss to the public knowledge commons - a modern day burning of a library. https://www.theverge.com/...
-
@in_marxist
@in_marxist
on x
Some asshat hacked the Internet Archive thinking it's a government website. (It's not. “.org” = nonprofit.) If you have an account, read on. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ...
-
@vxunderground
@vxunderground
on x
The wayback machine has been compromised. See you all in HIBP! [image]
-
@zelinarxy
@zelinarxy
on x
the internet archive got hacked? that's crazy bro. the thing that has old news articles and old social posts and videos that contradict the blatant lies of the state-controlled media? that's nuts my guy. right befor the election? that's bonkers dude
-
@tgzerosugar
@tgzerosugar
on x
Internet Archive is seriously one of those sites that we shouldn't be trying to hack or take down
-
@aldanmarki
@aldanmarki
on x
Are you fucking insane. For those unaware, these hackers have taken down the Internet Archive based on the completely false assumption that it's part of the U.S. federal government, believing that their actions somehow support Palestine.
-
@jamesrbuk
James Ball
on x
The internet's history is kept by a relatively small organisation on a shoestring budget - and it looks like it's been the victim not just of DDoS but a potentially major breach too. Surely given the billions in tech, big orgs could contribute to fund it properly?
-
@_omoriboy
Vidyabatter Joel
on x
who the fuck is ddosing internet archive how fucking miserable and sad do you have to be to ddos internet archive
-
@brewster_kahle
Brewster Kahle
on x
DDOS on a tuesday? Last time it was a monday. Geez. @internetarchive is working to restore services on https://archive.org/.
-
@kaybrainrot
@kaybrainrot
on x
You motherfucker. Internet Archive was one of the best, most resourceful sites of the entire history of the Internet. You literally could've hacked into any corrupt site, or government official, but instead you do the online equivalent of nuking a museum. Truly despicable.
-
@skellenaut
Skel
on x
you gotta be such a lowlife to target the fucking Internet Archive of all things. huge loser behavior
-
@leo_puglisi6
Leonardo Puglisi
on x
this group has taken down the Internet Archive - genuinely one of the most important sites in the world - because...something something US and Israel?? attacking a non-profit will not stop anything happening in Gaza
-
@vxunderground
@vxunderground
on x
Note: Final update and confirmations: The compromise has been confirmed via @BleepinComputer and @TroyHunt. 31,000,000 users impacted. There is no confirmed information on how the site was compromised. No Threat Actor(s) have been attributed to the compromise. More
-
@clancynewyork
Eileen Clancy
on x
1/2 Two different, perhaps related, Internet Archive events have taken place: ⦿ Internet Archive DDoS'd. Claimed by the BlackMeta hacktivist group. ⦿ Internet Archive breached. 31 million unique emails + other info. (confirmed) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ...
-
@internetarchive
@internetarchive
on x
⬇️
-
@genkiwastaken
Genki
on x
the internet archive is getting ddos'd because these 0 IQ dumbasses think it's owned by the US look at our fucking hackers dawg we're never wiping out student loan debt 😭😭
-
@brianroemmele
Brian Roemmele
on x
As I said for over 3 decades and few cared to understand: We are moving from the Information Age to the Amnesia Age. The Internet Archive has been attacked and the aim is to delete it. DO YOU HEAR ME NOW. Any large ethical AI company that does not come to aid—is worthless. [image…
-
@lostmediabuster
@lostmediabuster
on x
Gulp. [image]
-
r/brasil
r
on reddit
O Internet Archive está sob ataque. Foram vazados os dados de 31 mil usuários. 212 petabytes de dados podem estar comprometidos.
-
r/KotakuInAction
r
on reddit
Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users (change your password as soon as possible)
-
r/technews
r
on reddit
The Internet Archive is under attack, with a breach revealing info for 31 million accounts
-
r/cybersecurity
r
on reddit
Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
-
r/technology
r
on reddit
Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
-
r/gratefuldead
r
on reddit
Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
-
r/InternetBrasil
r
on reddit
Internet Archive é hackeado, vazamento afeta 31 milhões de usuários
-
r/privacy
r
on reddit
Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
-
r/DataHoarder
r
on reddit
Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
-
r/Hasan_Piker
r
on reddit
The Internet Archive is under attack, with a popup claiming a ‘catastrophic’ breach