DDoS attack paralyzes the world’s largest digital library, the Internet Archive

The Internet Archive has faced a severe cybersecurity crisis that has left both its Archive.org and OpenLibrary.org platforms offline. The cyberattack on the Internet Archive, marked by a data breach and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, has raised concerns about the integrity and security of one of the largest digital libraries in existence.

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the world’s knowledge, was the target of a cyberattack that resulted in a data breach that exposed the user data of approximately 31 million users. Compromised data includes email addresses and salted encrypted passwords.

On October 9, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle confirmed the cyberattack on In his tweet, he wrote: “DDOS attack – repelled for now; Defacing our website via the JS library; Username/email address/salted encrypted password violations. What we did: Disabled the JS library, cleaned up systems, and improved security.”

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