Editing Internet Archive (section)

==History==
[[File:Internet Archive headquarters exterior February 2008.jpg|thumb|Headquarters in Building 116 of the Presidio of San Francisco in 2008]]

[[Brewster Kahle]] founded the Archive in May 1996, around the same time that he began the for-profit [[Web crawler|web crawling]] company [[Alexa Internet]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444314861 |title=The Handbook of Internet Studies |year= 2011 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-4051-8588-2 |editor-last=Consalvo |editor-first=Mia |edition=1st |pages=24–42 |language=en |chapter=Web Archiving – Between Past, Present, and Future |doi=10.1002/9781444314861 |editor-last2=Ess |editor-first2=Charles |chapter-url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781444314861.ch2 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |archive-date=September 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910053354/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444314861 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/sciam_article.html |title=Brewster Kahle . In Scientific American |work=Internet Archive |date=November 4, 1997 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971011050140/https://archive.org/sciam_article.html |archive-date=October 11, 1997 }}</ref> The [https://web.archive.org/web/19960510144231/http://www.microsoft.com/ie/IE.HTM earliest known archived page] on the site was saved on May 10, 1996, at 2:42&nbsp;pm [[Universal Coordinated Time|UTC]] (7:42&nbsp;am [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is the oldest page on the Wayback Machine? |url=https://archive.org/post/60275/what-is-the-oldest-page-on-the-wayback-machine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311133459/https://archive.org/post/60275/what-is-the-oldest-page-on-the-wayback-machine |archive-date=March 11, 2019 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |website=Internet Archive Forums}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Forum posts are generally not considered reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=April 2025}} By October of that year, the Internet Archive had begun to archive and preserve the [[World Wide Web]] in large amounts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/collections/index.html |title=In the Collections |work=Internet Archive |access-date=March 15, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000606211051/https://archive.org/collections/index.html |archive-date=June 6, 2000 }}</ref> The archived content became more easily available to the general public in 2001, through the [[Wayback Machine]].

In late 1999, the Archive expanded its collections beyond the web archive, beginning with the [[Prelinger Archives]]. Now, the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and [[software]]. It hosts a number of other projects: the [[NASA]] Images Archive, the contract crawling service Archive-It, and the wiki-editable library catalog and book information site [[Open Library]]. Soon after that, the Archive began working to provide specialized services relating to the [[information access]] needs of the print-disabled; publicly accessible books were made available in a protected [[Digital Accessible Information System]] (DAISY) format.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/printdisabled |title=Daisy Books for the Print Disabled |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104215902/https://archive.org/details/printdisabled |archive-date=January 4, 2013 |date=February 25, 2013 |website=Internet Archive}}</ref>

According to its website:<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Internet Archive Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://archive.org/about/faqs.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021003552/https://archive.org/about/faqs.php |archive-date=October 21, 2009 |access-date=April 13, 2013 |publisher=Internet Archive}}</ref>

{{blockquote|Most societies place importance on preserving artifacts of their culture and heritage. Without such artifacts, civilization has no memory and no mechanism to learn from its successes and failures. Our culture now produces more and more artifacts in digital form. The Archive's mission is to help preserve those artifacts and create an Internet library for researchers, historians, and scholars.}}

In August 2012, the Archive announced<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kahle |first=Brewster |author-link=Brewster Kahle |date=August 7, 2012 |title=Over 1,000,000 Torrents of Downloadable Books, Music, and Movies |url=https://blog.archive.org/2012/08/07/over-1000000-torrents-of-downloadable-books-music-and-movies/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813025429/https://blog.archive.org/2012/08/07/over-1000000-torrents-of-downloadable-books-music-and-movies/ |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |website=Internet Archive Blogs}}</ref> that it had added [[BitTorrent]] to its file download options for more than 1.3&nbsp;million existing files, and all newly uploaded files.<ref name=TFBT>{{cite web|url=https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-starts-seeding-1398635-torrents-120807/ |title=Internet Archive Starts Seeding 1,398,875 Torrents |author=Ernesto |date=August 7, 2012 |publisher=[[TorrentFreak]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808212731/https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-starts-seeding-1398635-torrents-120807/ |archive-date=August 8, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hot List for bt1.us.archive.org (Updated August 7 2012, 7:31 pm PDT) |url=http://bt1.archive.org/hotlist.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803014019/http://bt1.archive.org/hotlist.php |archive-date=August 3, 2012 |website=Internet Archive}}</ref> This method is the fastest means of downloading media from the Archive, as files are served from two Archive data centers, in addition to other torrent clients which have downloaded and continue to serve the files.<ref name=TFBT/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Archive torrents |url=https://archive.org/details/bittorrent |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119064508/https://archive.org/details/bittorrent |archive-date=January 19, 2016 |website=Internet Archive}}</ref>

On November 6, 2013, the Internet Archive's headquarters in [[Richmond District, San Francisco|San Francisco's Richmond District]] caught fire,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://richmondsfblog.com/2013/11/06/part-of-internet-archive-building-badly-burned-in-early-morning-fire/|title=Part of Internet Archive building badly burned in early morning fire|first=Sarah|last=B|date=November 6, 2013|access-date=February 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131190737/http://richmondsfblog.com/2013/11/06/part-of-internet-archive-building-badly-burned-in-early-morning-fire|archive-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> destroying equipment and damaging some nearby apartments.<ref name="fire2013">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Internet-Archive-s-S-F-office-damaged-in-fire-4960703.php |title=Internet Archive's S.F. office damaged in fire |date=November 16, 2013 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |first=Kurtis |last=Alexander |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212061948/http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Internet-Archive-s-S-F-office-damaged-in-fire-4960703.php |archive-date=December 12, 2013 }}</ref> According to the Archive, it lost a side-building housing one of 30 of its scanning centers; cameras, lights, and scanning equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars; and "maybe 20 boxes of books and film, some irreplaceable, most already digitized, and some replaceable".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-please-help-rebuild/ |title=Fire Update: Lost Many Cameras, 20 Boxes. No One Hurt |date=November 6, 2013 |work=Internet Archive Blogs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107150230/http://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-please-help-rebuild/ |archive-date=November 7, 2013 }}</ref> The nonprofit Archive sought donations to cover the estimated $600,000 in damage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/06/internet-archive-seeking-donations-to-rebuild-its-fire-damaged-scanning-center/ |title=Internet Archive Seeking Donations To Rebuild Its Fire-Damaged Scanning Center |first=Catherine |last=Shu |date=November 6, 2013 |work=[[TechCrunch]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706012604/https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/06/internet-archive-seeking-donations-to-rebuild-its-fire-damaged-scanning-center/ |archive-date=July 6, 2017 }}</ref>

An overhaul of the site was launched as beta in November 2014, and the legacy layout was removed in March 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rossi|first=Alexis|date=5 November 2014|title=Redesigning Archive.org|url=https://blog.archive.org/2014/11/05/redesign/|access-date=17 October 2021|website=Internet Archive Blogs|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-03-25|title= Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayb…|url=https://archive.org/|access-date=17 October 2021|website=Internet Archive |archive-date=March 25, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160325215847/https://archive.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2016, Kahle announced that the Internet Archive was building the Internet Archive of Canada, a copy of the Archive to be based somewhere in [[Canada]]. The announcement received widespread coverage due to the implication that the decision to build a backup archive in a foreign country was because of the upcoming [[First presidency of Donald Trump|presidency of Donald Trump]].<ref name="KahleCanada">{{cite web|url=https://blog.archive.org/2016/11/29/help-us-keep-the-archive-free-accessible-and-private/ |title=Help Us Keep the Archive Free, Accessible, and Reader Private |last=Kahle |first=Brewster |date=November 29, 2016 |website=Internet Archive |access-date=December 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521080543/http://blog.archive.org/2016/11/29/help-us-keep-the-archive-free-accessible-and-private/ |archive-date=May 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article118256733.html |title=Donald Trump scares Internet Archive into moving to Canada |last=Johnson |first=Tim |date=December 1, 2016 |website=McClatchy DC |access-date=December 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202113547/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article118256733.html |archive-date=December 2, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.attn.com/stories/13238/the-internet-archive-is-moving-to-canada-due-to-trump-presidency |title=The Internet Archive Is Moving to Canada to Protect Itself from Trump |last=Rothschild |first=Mike |date=December 2, 2016 |website=Attn |access-date=December 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203060818/http://www.attn.com/stories/13238/the-internet-archive-is-moving-to-canada-due-to-trump-presidency |archive-date=December 3, 2016 }}</ref>

Beginning in 2017, [[OCLC]] and the Internet Archive have collaborated to make the Archive's records of digitized books available in [[WorldCat]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Michalko |first=Jim |date=October 12, 2017 |title=Syncing Catalogs with thousands of Libraries in 120 Countries through OCLC |url=https://blog.archive.org/2017/10/12/syncing-catalogs-with-thousands-of-libraries-in-120-countries-through-oclc/ |website=blog.archive.org |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=2020-07-18}}</ref>

Since 2018, the Internet Archive visual arts residency, which is organized by Amir Saber Esfahani and Andrew McClintock, helps connect artists with the Archive's over 48 [[Byte#Multiple-byte units|petabyte]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/~tracey/mrtg/du.html|title=Used Paired Space|website=archive.org|date=March 8, 2019|access-date=March 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402184848/https://archive.org/~tracey/mrtg/du.html|archive-date=April 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> of digitized materials. Over the course of the yearlong residency, visual artists create a body of work which culminates in an exhibition. The hope is to connect digital history with the arts and create something for future generations to appreciate online or off.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90179133/the-internet-archive-is-helping-these-artists-get-inspired-by-digital-history|title=The Internet Archive is helping these artists get inspired by digital history|last=Locker|first=Melissa|date=July 3, 2018|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=December 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229171518/https://www.fastcompany.com/90179133/the-internet-archive-is-helping-these-artists-get-inspired-by-digital-history|archive-date=December 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Previous artists in residence include [[Taravat Talepasand]], [[Whitney Lynn]], and [[Jenny Odell]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=September 27, 2019|title=Jenny Odell – Neo-Surreal|url=https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/display/jenny-odell-neo-surreal|date=May 30, 2018|website=The Photographers' Gallery|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927183322/https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/display/jenny-odell-neo-surreal|archive-date=September 27, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Internet Archive acquires most materials from donations,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-make-a-physical-donation-to-the-internet-archive/ |title=How do I make a physical donation to the Internet Archive? |website=Internet Archive Help Center |access-date=July 4, 2022}} See also: {{cite web |url=https://blog.archive.org/tag/donations/ |title=Tag Archives: donations |website=Internet Archive Blogs |access-date=December 4, 2020 }}</ref> such as hundreds of thousands of 78&nbsp;rpm discs from [[Boston Public Library]] in 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bpl.org/news/boston-public-library-transfers-sound-archives-collection-to-internet-archive-for-digitization-preservation-and-public-access/ |title=Boston Public Library transfers sound archives collection to Internet Archive for digitization, preservation, and public access |website=[[Boston Public Library]] |date=October 11, 2017 |access-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123103821/https://www.bpl.org/news/boston-public-library-transfers-sound-archives-collection-to-internet-archive-for-digitization-preservation-and-public-access/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a donation of 250,000 books from [[Trent University]] in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trentu.ca/news/story/22235 |title=Trent University donates 250,000 books to be digitized by Internet Archive as part of Bata Library transformation |website=[[Trent University]] |date=September 13, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130175028/https://www.trentu.ca/news/story/22235 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the entire collection of [[Marygrove College]]'s library after it closed in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/10/21/marygrove-college-library-materials-have-been-digitized-and-placed-online-will |title=A new home online for closed college libraries? |last=Seltzer |first=Rick |website=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204122351/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/10/21/marygrove-college-library-materials-have-been-digitized-and-placed-online-will |url-status=live }}</ref> All material is then digitized and retained in digital storage, while a digital copy is returned to the original holder and the Internet Archive's copy, if not in the public domain, is lent to patrons worldwide one at a time under the [[controlled digital lending]] (CDL) theory of the [[first-sale doctrine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=internet-archive-expands-partnerships-for-open-library-project|title=Internet Archive Expands Partnerships for Open Libraries Project|author=Matt Enis|date=May 2, 2019|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503180918/https://www.libraryjournal.com/%3FdetailStory%3Dinternet-archive-expands-partnerships-for-open-library-project|archive-date=May 3, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 1, 2020, four large publishing houses – [[Hachette Book Group]], [[Penguin Random House]], [[HarperCollins]], and [[Wiley (publisher)|John Wiley]] – filed [[Hachette v. Internet Archive|a lawsuit against the Internet Archive]] before the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]], claiming that the Internet Archive's practice of [[controlled digital lending]] constituted [[copyright infringement]]. On March 25, 2023, the court found in favor of the publishers. The negotiated judgment of August 11, 2023, barred the Internet Archive from digitally lending books for which [[Ebook|electronic copies]] are on sale.

Also on August 11, 2023, the [[music industry]] giants [[Universal Music Group]], [[Sony Music]] and [[Concord (entertainment company)|Concord]] (together with their respective [[Record label|labels]] [[Capitol Records]], [[Arista Records]] and CMGI Recorded Music Assets) sued the Internet Archive before the same United States District Court for the Southern District of New York over the Internet Archive's [[The Great 78 Project|Great 78 Project]] for $621 million in damages from alleged copyright infringement.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brittain |first=Blake |title=Music labels sue Internet Archive over digitized record collection |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=August 12, 2023 |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/music-labels-sue-internet-archive-over-digitized-record-collection-2023-08-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230812032031/https://www.reuters.com/legal/music-labels-sue-internet-archive-over-digitized-record-collection-2023-08-12 |url-status=live |location=Washington |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Bario |editor-last2=Craft |editor-first2=Diane |archive-date=August 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Claburn |first=Thomas |title=Internet Archive sued by record labels as battle with book publishers intensifies |publisher=[[The Register]] |date=August 14, 2023 |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/14/internet_archive_sued_by_music_labels |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241010215518/https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/14/internet_archive_sued_by_music_labels/ |url-status=live |archive-date=October 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |title=Inside the $621 Million Legal Battle for the 'Soul of the Internet' |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 29, 2024 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/internet-archive-major-label-music-lawsuit-1235105273 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240929134254/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/internet-archive-major-label-music-lawsuit-1235105273/ |url-status=live |archive-date=September 29, 2024}}</ref>

In September 2024, [[Google]] and the Internet Archive announced a collaboration where links to the wayback machine would be included in the 'more about this page' menu in [[Google Search]]. This collaboration effectively replaced Google's own [[Search engine cache#Google Cache|Google Cache]] service that it had retired earlier that year.<ref name="Verge">{{cite web | url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/2/24058985/google-search-cache-feature-discontinued | title=Google Search's cache links are officially being retired | date=2 February 2024 }}</ref> In September 2024, Google and the Internet Archive announced a collaboration providing links to the Wayback Machine from within [[Google Search]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Freeland |first=Chris |title=New Feature Alert: Access Archived Webpages Directly Through Google Search |work=[[The Internet Archive]] |date=September 11, 2024 |access-date=2024-09-11 |url=https://blog.archive.org/2024/09/11/new-feature-alert-access-archived-webpages-directly-through-google-search/}}</ref>

=== Cyberattacks ===
During the week of May 27, 2024, the Internet Archive suffered a series of [[Denial-of-service attack#Distributed DoS|distributed denial of service]] (DDoS) attacks that made its services unavailable intermittently, sometimes for hours at a time, over a period of several days.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Irwin |first=Kate |date=2024-05-28 |title=Internet Archive Hit With DDoS Attacks |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/internet-archive-hit-with-ddos-attack |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240528174629/https://www.pcmag.com/news/internet-archive-hit-with-ddos-attack |url-status=live |archive-date=28 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=[[PCMag]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Baran |first=Guru |date=2024-05-28 |title=Internet Archive is Under DDoS Attack For Several Hours |url=https://cybersecuritynews.com/internet-archive-under-ddos-attack/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240528174657/https://cybersecuritynews.com/internet-archive-under-ddos-attack/ |url-status=live |archive-date=28 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Cyber Security News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moon |first=Mariella |date=2024-05-29 |title=The Internet Archive has been fending off DDoS attacks for days |url=https://www.engadget.com/the-internet-archive-has-been-fending-off-ddos-attacks-for-days-035950028.html |access-date=2024-05-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241011044638/https://www.engadget.com/the-internet-archive-has-been-fending-off-ddos-attacks-for-days-035950028.html |url-status=live |archive-date=11 October 2024 |website=[[Engadget]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The attack was claimed on May 28 by a hacker group called SN_BLACKMETA,<ref name="JL">{{Cite news |last=Lyons |first=Jessica |title=Multi-day DDoS storm batters Internet Archive |publisher=[[The Register]] |date=29 May 2024 |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/29/ddos_internet_archive |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240601081103/https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/29/ddos_internet_archive |archive-date=1 June 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WD" /> with possible links to [[Anonymous Sudan]].<ref name="Radware">{{citation |title=Six-day, 14.7 Million RPS Web DDoS Attack Campaign Attributed to SN_BLACKMETA |publisher=[[Radware]] |date=24 July 2024 |url=https://www.radware.com/security/threat-advisories-and-attack-reports/six-day-web-ddos-attack-campaign/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241010155819/https://www.radware.com/security/threat-advisories-and-attack-reports/six-day-web-ddos-attack-campaign/ |archive-date=10 October 2024}}</ref> The incident drew a comparison with the 2023 [[British Library cyberattack]], which affected the [[UK Web Archive]].<ref>{{citation |last=Stokel-Walker |first=Chris |title=We're losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it? |publisher=[[BBC News Online|BBC]] |date=September 16, 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240912-the-archivists-battling-to-save-the-internet |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240916094805/https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240912-the-archivists-battling-to-save-the-internet |url-status=live |archive-date=September 16, 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Internet_archive_website,_during_DOS_attack,_13th_October_2024.png|thumb|Internet Archive main page showing partially available services]]

Beginning October 9, 2024, the Internet Archive's team, including archivist [[Jason Scott]] and security researcher Scott Helme, confirmed DDoS attacks, site defacement, and a data breach. The purported [[Hacktivism|hacktivist]] group SN_BLACKMETA again claimed responsibility.<ref name="Bleep">{{Cite web |title=Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users |first=Lawrence |last=Abrams |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/internet-archive-hacked-data-breach-impacts-31-million-users/ |archive-date=10 October 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241010052448/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/internet-archive-hacked-data-breach-impacts-31-million-users/ |url-status=live |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=[[Bleeping Computer|BleepingComputer]] |language=en-us}}</ref> A pop-up on the defaced site claimed that there was a "catastrophic" [[Data breach|security breach]], stating "Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a catastrophic security breach? It just happened. See 31 million of you on [[Have I Been Pwned?|HIBP]]!"<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Newman |first1=Lily Hay |first2=Kate |last2=Knibbs |title=Internet Archive Breach Exposes 31 Million Users |url=https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-hacked/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241010021313/https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-hacked/ |archive-date=10 October 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=2024-10-11 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref name="WD">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/9/24266419/internet-archive-ddos-attack-pop-up-message |title=The Internet Archive is under attack, with a breach revealing info for 31 million accounts |first=Wes |last=Davis |publisher=[[The Verge]] |url-status=live |date=2024-10-10 |access-date=2024-10-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241010052449/https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/9/24266419/internet-archive-ddos-attack-pop-up-message |archive-date=10 October 2024}}</ref> It was reported that about 31 million user accounts were affected, and compromised in a file called "ia_users.sql", dated September 28, 2024.<ref name="Bleep" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hacker Defaces Internet Archive, Steals Data on 31 Million Users |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/hacker-defaces-internet-archive-claims-it-suffered-a-breach |archive-date=9 October 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241009235004/https://www.pcmag.com/news/internet-archive-remains-offline-to-focus-on-data-security-after-breach |url-status=live |first=Michael |last=Kan |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=[[PCMag]] |date=October 9, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The attackers stole users' email addresses and [[Bcrypt]]-hashed passwords.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Poireault |first=Kevin |date=2024-10-10 |title=Internet Archive Breached, 31 Million Records Exposed |url=https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/internet-archive-breach-31m/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241010174332/https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/internet-archive-breach-31m/ |url-status=live |archive-date=10 October 2024 |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Infosecurity Magazine |language=en-gb}}</ref> As of October 15, 2024, the website was still mostly offline for "prioritizing keeping data safe at the expense of service availability."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kan |first=Michael |date=2024-10-10 |title=Internet Archive Remains Offline to Focus On Data Security After Breach |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/internet-archive-remains-offline-to-focus-on-data-security-after-breach |archive-date=10 October 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241010210237/https://www.pcmag.com/news/internet-archive-remains-offline-to-focus-on-data-security-after-breach |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=PCMag |language=en}}</ref> On October 11, Kahle said that the data is safe, and will bring the service back to normal "in days, not weeks."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=2024-10-11 |title=The Internet Archive is still down but will return in 'days, not weeks' |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/11/24268040/internet-archive-data-breach-outage-hacked |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=After Breach, Internet Archive Expects to Return Within 'Days, Not Weeks' |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/after-breach-internet-archive-expects-to-return-within-days-not-weeks |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=PCMAG |date=October 11, 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1844790609573277792 |user=brewster_kahle |title=The data is safe. Services are offline as we examine and strengthen them. Sorry, but needed. @internetarchive staff is working hard. Estimated Timeline: days, not weeks. Thank you for the offers of pizza (we are set). |first=Brewster |last=Kahle |author-link=Brewster Kahle |date=2024-10-11}}</ref> On October 13, the Wayback Machine was restored in a read-only format, while archiving web pages was temporarily disabled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91209670/the-internet-archive-is-back-online-after-a-cyberattack |title=The Internet Archive is back online after a cyberattack |first=Jessica |last=Bursztynsky |work=[[Fast Company]] |date=2024-10-14 |access-date=2024-10-14 }}</ref> On October 14, Brewster Kahle said "[the Wayback Machine] volume is back to normal: 1,500 requests per second".<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1845913275759747292 |user=brewster_kahle |title=@waybackmachine volume is back to normal: 1,500 requests per second. Sorry we don't have other services yet. |first=Brewster |last=Kahle |date=2024-10-14 |access-date=2024-10-15 |retweet=internetarchive}}</ref> On October 20, threat actors stole unrotated API tokens and breached Internet Archive on its [[Zendesk]] email support platform; they also claimed responsibility for the other breaches yet stated that SN_BLACKMETA was behind just the DDoS attacks.<ref name="bc-abrams">{{cite web |last=Abrams |first=Lawrence |date=2024-10-20 |title=Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/internet-archive-breached-again-through-stolen-access-tokens/ |access-date=20 October 2024 |website=[[Bleeping Computer]]}}</ref><ref name = "forbes-daniel">{{cite web|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2024/10/20/internet-archive-breached-again-third-cyber-attack-in-october-2024/|title= Internet Archive Breached Again—Third Cyber Attack In October 2024|last= Daniel|first= Lars|website= Forbes|date= 20 October 2024}}</ref> On October 21, Internet Archive went back online in a read-only manner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Internet Archive Services Update: 2024-10-21 |url=https://blog.archive.org/2024/10/21/internet-archive-services-update-2024-10-21/ |last=Freeland |first=Chris |date=2024-10-21 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=blog.archive.org}}</ref> On October 22, all Internet Archive services temporarily went offline,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2024-10-22 |title=Internet Archive and Wayback Machine are down again |url=https://mashable.com/article/internet-archive-down-again?test_uuid=01iI2GpryXngy77uIpA3Y4B&test_variant=a |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Matt L. |date=2024-10-22 |title=Hackers Disable Internet Archive's Wayback Machine Once Again |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/hackers-again-cause-wayback-machine-outage/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=MUO |language=en}}</ref> but later that same day, only the Wayback Machine, Archive-It, and blog.archive.org were resumed.{{Citation needed|reason=This can be verified by checking archive.org, however no sources have reported on this.|date=October 2024}} On October 23, archive.org, the Wayback Machine, Archive-It, and the Open Library services all resumed but with some features, such as logging in, still unavailable until the staff announced it back available in the next day or two.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1849281904258043990 |user=textfiles |title=Guess what's back. Yes, http://archive.org and http://openlibrary.org are back, as well as http://web.archive.org (Wayback Machine) and all those amazing items. Some of the features are not up yet, but rest assured we're working on it and our tired devs will prevail. |first=Jason |last=Scott |author-link=Jason Scott |date=2024-10-23 |access-date=2024-10-24 |retweet=internetarchive}}</ref> On October 25, the login feature was made available and the site has remained active since.{{Citation needed|reason= This can be verified by checking archive.org, however no sources have reported on this.|date= November 2024}}