Internet Archive cyberattack and data breach (2024-10-09)

CTL-E-4057 · Event · other · 2024

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Sustained DDoS attack, website defacement, and breach of 31 million user accounts at the Internet Archive, confirmed by founder Brewster Kahle.

Notes

RELP92 supporting event entity; events.json CTL-EVT-022014.

Relationships

Brewster Kahle — related to
Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle confirmed the October 2024 DDoS attack, website defacement, and breach of 31 million user accounts.

Referenced by

Hachette v. Internet Archive ruling (2023-03-25) — related to → this record
Internet Archive National Emergency Library launch (2020-03-24) — related to → this record

Sources

Computer Weekly - Internet Archive web historians target of hacktivist cyber attack (2024-10-10)

Record CTL-E-4057 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 1 source · 3 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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