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Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens

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492 points vladyslavfox | 1 comments | 20 Oct 24 15:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gweinberg ◴[20 Oct 24 17:46 UTC] No.41897120[source]▶
Does anyone know who is targeting the Internet Archive, and why? I get the impression the attacks are too sophisticated for it to just be vandal punks.
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dokyun ◴[20 Oct 24 21:32 UTC] No.41898652[source]▶
The group that claimed to be responsible for the first hack was said to be Russian-based, anti-U.S., pro-Palestine, and their reasoning for the attack was because of IA's violation of copyright....

I think you should draw your own more informed conclusions, but it smells a lot like feds to me.

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MathMonkeyMan ◴[21 Oct 24 00:28 UTC] No.41899662[source]▶
What do Palestine, Russia, and the U.S. have to do with the Internet Archive? The Internet Archive is a supremely boring target politically.
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1. whywhywhywhy ◴[21 Oct 24 09:15 UTC] No.41902162{3}[source]▶
> The Internet Archive is a supremely boring target politically.

I mean it's where we go to prove a politician said something after they deleted it or where a government changes the wording of something...

I'd argue it's one of the juicer political targets if you're actually wanting to do something.