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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: 0.204s | 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. 71bw ◴[21 Oct 24 09:51 UTC] No.41902411[source]▶
>supremely boring target politically.

Oh how wrong you are.

There is nothing boring in a target that can be used to validate others' lies and potential hypocrisy, changes in their policies etc.

The wayback machine itself serves as a truly priceless way to go back through someone's public life.