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Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users

bleepingcomputer.com
submitted
8 mos ago
bykaiserseahorsetotechnology

Summary

Internet Archive's "The Wayback Machine" has suffered a data breach. A threat actor compromised the website and stole a user authentication database containing 31 million unique records.

It is not known if the data has been stolen. The date of the last time the data was stolen is unknown. The data was taken from the Internet Archive.

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6 Comments

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throwschen
8 mos ago
What kind of degenerate hacks a non profit like this?
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kaiserseahorseOP
8 mos ago
People who don't like the general public having a good thing.
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throwschen
8 mos ago
So shitheads
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justadev
8 mos ago
What was the angle here? Notoriety? Self aggrandizement? General assholery?
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kaiserseahorseOP
8 mos ago
All of that. According to their comments, it's cause of the internet archive is american.
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justadev
8 mos ago
I hope they come out of this unscathed. It's a public need and will be tragic If this kills them.