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Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens

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492 points vladyslavfox | 3 comments | 20 Oct 24 15:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.648s | source
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trompetenaccoun ◴[20 Oct 24 15:33 UTC] No.41895988[source]▶
We need archives built on decentralized storage. Don't get me wrong, I really like and support the work Internet Archive is doing, but preserving history is too important to entrust it solely to singular entities, which means singular points of failure.
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oytis ◴[20 Oct 24 15:53 UTC] No.41896170[source]▶
We'll need to find even more people willing to expose themselves to legal threats and cyberattacks then.
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1. Aachen ◴[20 Oct 24 22:58 UTC] No.41899170[source]▶
I collect, archive, and host data. Haven't gotten any threats or attacks. Not one. The average r/selfhosted user hiding their personal OwnCloud behind the DDoS maffia seems more afraid than one needs to be even for hosting all sorts of things publicly. I guess this fearmongering comes from tech news about breaches and DDoS attacks on organisations, similar to regular news impacting your regular worldview regardless of how it's actually going in the world or how things personally affect you
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2. trod123 ◴[21 Oct 24 01:21 UTC] No.41899894[source]▶
Its not a problem until it suddenly is, and by the time it becomes a problem its too late. Its not fear mongering, its risk management and the laws are draconian and fail fundamental basis for a "rule of law", we have a "rule by law".
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3. Aachen ◴[21 Oct 24 14:37 UTC] No.41904649[source]▶
And that's how you get preppers: it's a remote problem until it's too late, let's prepare for every eventuality before it's suddenly too late!

Risk management is a balance, not fearmongering as you say. That's why I'd rather use advice from people with daily experience than look at the newsworthy experiences ("nothing happened today, again; regular security patches working fine" you'll never see) and conclude you'd attract threats and cyber attacks just by hosting backup copies of parts of the Internet Archive