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Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens

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509 points vladyslavfox | 1 comments | 20 Oct 24 15:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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sirolimus ◴[20 Oct 24 17:23 UTC] No.41896949[source]▶
It’s incredibly sad to see threat actors attack something as altruistic as an internet library. Truly demoralizing to see such degeneracy.
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userbinator ◴[20 Oct 24 19:37 UTC] No.41897916[source]▶
When there are plenty of people who are steeped in the dogma of Imaginary Property, and whose lives depend on it, it's not too surprising.
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Thorrez ◴[21 Oct 24 12:53 UTC] No.41903639[source]▶
Was the hacker motivated by IP? The article appears to say no.
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ddq ◴[21 Oct 24 16:01 UTC] No.41905534[source]▶
I/P not IP, as in Israel/Palestine.
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Thorrez ◴[22 Oct 24 13:00 UTC] No.41913802[source]▶
From the article, there was a DDoS carried out by a pro-Palestine group.

The access tokens were stolen by someone else, who wasn't motivated by anything Israel/Palestine.

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1. aguaviva ◴[22 Oct 24 16:45 UTC] No.41916133[source]▶
By a group that wanted to appear as "pro-Palestinian".

That doesn't mean they were of course, and most likely they weren't.

The article itself clearly doesn't take the claimed associate at face value.