There has been a series of cyberattacks on the Internet Archive where we store such things as recordings of Regents meetings and other items. It has been on and off line for the last several days. So some links may not work until service is restored. It is not known who is behind the attacks. Information can be found at https://x.com/internetarchive.
Update: Newsweek and other sources connect the attack to the current Middle East conflict:
A group linked to a pro-Palestinian hacktivist movement has launched a catastrophic cyberattack revealing the details of 31 million people, compromising their email addresses and screen names.
An account on X under the name SN_BlackMeta claimed responsibility for the attack on The Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization, and implied that further attacks were planned. The Internet Archive is known for its digital library and the Wayback Machine. SN_BlackMeta has previously been linked to an attack against a Middle Eastern financial institution earlier this year, and a security firm has linked it to a pro-Palestinian hacktivist movement...
SN_BlackMeta, who claimed responsibility for the attack, has previously been linked to other cyberattacks, including a record-breaking DDoS attack against a Middle Eastern financial institution earlier this year. The hacktivist group, who emerged in November 2023 and previously targeted the Internet Archive with a DDoS attack in May 2024, battered the Middle Eastern financial institute for six days with attacks using a new DDoS-for-hire service called InfraShutdown.
Full story at https://www.newsweek.com/catastrophic-internet-archive-hack-hits-31-million-people-1966866.
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