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Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is back online after last week’s DDoS attacks

The Internet Archive is back online, albeit in a read-only state, after DDoS attacks took the service offline on October 9. Its founder says the platform is “resumed in a provisional, read-only manner” without the ability to save pages.

Security researcher Troy Hunt said last week’s attacks coincided with the Internet Archive’s plan to disclose a previous breach that led to the theft of over 31 million records. The hacking group Blackmeta claimed responsibility for the attacks, posting that the Internet Archive “belongs to the USA.” The nonprofit, founded in the early days of the web in 1996, is headquartered in San Francisco. Neva is a living fairy tale that plays out in dreamlike scenes of natural beauty, starring two creatures bonded by tragedy and propelled by an intense need to protect each other — and save the world in the process.

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