Internet Archive attackers email support users: “Your data is now in the hands of some random guy”


Those who hacked the Internet Archive haven’t gone away. Users of the Internet Archive who have submitted helpdesk tickets are reporting replies to the tickets from the hackers themselves.

Internet Archive, most known for its Wayback Machine, is a digital library that allows users to look at website snapshots from the past. It is often used for academic research and data analysis. Earlier in October, the Internet Archive suffered from a data breach and DDoS attack. During that breach the attackers were able to steal a user authentication database containing 31 million records.

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Source: Malwarebytes Labs


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