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Internet Archive Resumes Service Post Cyberattack

  • The Internet Archive is back online after a cyberattack on October 9.
  • The Wayback Machine is back in a provisional, read-only manner, according to founder Brewster Kahle.
  • Users can't upload web pages but can access content that's been archived over time.
  • The organization has faced Distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) and a breach of a user authentication database with 31 million unique records.
  • The site is now processing 1,500 requests per second, with data safety being prioritized over service availability.

Source: Fast Company

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You should provide the link to the article instead of copying it's content

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WaybackMachine is one of the most important bits Has helped me so much in my research across multiple jobs (on what ...