The pro-Palestinian hacktivist group SN_BlackMeta launched a large cyberattack against the Internet Archive, compromising the data of 31 million users, including email addresses and encrypted passwords. The attack used DDoS tactics to take down the website and deface its pages. Although the organization claimed credit, it is uncertain whether they were behind all components of the incident. Users are encouraged to update their passwords as a precaution, notwithstanding the bcrypt encryption. The Internet Archive is working on improving its security and restoring services.
Editor’s Note: When bad actors can target platforms committed to preserving knowledge, it raises concerns about the future of digital history and our ability to keep it. The internet is rapidly being exploited, not just by hackers but also by individuals who want to dominate narratives and delete unpopular facts. As these intrusions become more sophisticated and politically motivated, we risk losing important records documenting our history. In an age when so much of our history, culture, and discourse survives solely online, these attacks could create a digital “memory hole,” wiping fragments of our shared human experience. This should serve as a wake-up call to improve the security of our digital archives before it is too late.
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It doesn’t make sense that a hacktivist group would attack the Internet Archive website except for the reason that we cite references from it, put links in our posts to it, promote information from it against Zionism, against the religious puppet masters, against globalists, expose Church history and anything that will lead people to know the truth. I remember years ago yahoo tolerated bashing from its readers in its comments section until conspiracy links and anti-globalist comments were introduced for others to read. Yahoo suddenly disabled their comments sections for several months. Youtube too tolerated comments and links related to conspiracies for some time until they stopped allowing it. Its more believable that the internet archive website will be hacked allegedly by a pro-palestinian group as the website holds information that is dangerous to the globalist conspirators.