Until today, accessing countless great classic games such as the original Monkey Island or the mythical Prince of Persia have been one of the greatest attractions of The Internet Archive. The gigantic free archive, specifically intended for the preservation of any work digitally. Now, that same portal has been hacked at least twice and the information of 31 million accounts has been compromised.
As reported from their official networks Brewster Kahle, digital librarian at The Internet Archive, the web has suffered a DDOS attack
How was the attack detected? Through The Verge have been able to access the message left by those responsible when trying to access The Internet Archive, now deleted, directly sending it to everyone who was passing through the portal Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) to see if your information had been affected.
“Have you ever felt like The Internet Archive runs on USB sticks and is constantly on the brink of a catastrophic security breach? It just happened. 31 million of you can now be found on HIBP!
The reason behind this action, as clarified by Jason Scott in Mastodon It comes down to the simplest thing: the attack has been perpetrated without any type of vindication or demand from its authors. It has been done simply because they could do it.
After the attackers’ message was removed, The Internet Archive posted a statement warning that the services would be temporarily disconnected. However, and according to The Verge, an X account that responds to SN_Blackmeta not only takes credit for part of this attack, but also announced that it was only the first. A threat that, in fact, has been fulfilled according to Khale has confirmed
A hard blow for those who participate and contribute to this great initiative and, at the same time, a catastrophe for the preservation of works, including video games. At iGamesNews we will update the information as it evolves.
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