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Internet Archive is continuing to experience service disruptions due to a recurrence of a DDoS attack (farside.link)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Tweets from @internetarchive:

May 27, 2024 · 3:40 PM UTC

Sorry to say, archive.org is under a ddos attack. The data is not affected, but most services are unavailable.

We are working on it. This thread will have updates.

May 27, 2024 · 5:11 PM UTC

up again.

This has been a back and forth with the attackers. We have made some adjustments, but geez.

at least, Happy Memorial Day!

May 28, 2024 · 1:46 PM UTC

We are continuing to experience service disruptions due to a recurrence of a ddos attack. We’ll post updates in this thread.

If you wish to view tweets without directly using Twitter, one of these three currently operational Nitter (Nitter is a Twitter front-end focused on privacy) instances may be helpful:

The Internet Archive has a Mastodon account as well, though it doesn't seem to be fully up to date.

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 94 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Let's hear some good tinfoil hat theories!

I'll start. Maybe one of the LLM/AI companies are trying to bypass newly implemented barrers to training data by using the archive, and it's totally overwhelming their servers?

[–] root@precious.net 9 points 5 months ago

I think it's more likely that someone is trying to keep competitors from mining it for a short term advantage

[–] applepie@kbin.social 86 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Who needs it down right now?

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 58 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Assholes

[–] applepie@kbin.social 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Be more specific haha

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Big assholes?

[–] applepie@kbin.social 12 points 5 months ago

Assholes with know how and resources are likely pretty big

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Someone with their own proprietary large dataset trying to eliminate non-proprietary alternatives?

[–] applepie@kbin.social 15 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Decent theory money does drive a lot of human behavior.

Any suggestions on who this actor could be?

Google?

[–] Facni@kbin.social 8 points 5 months ago

~~Cripto~~ AI Bros.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago

money does drive a lot of human ~~behavior~~ insane.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I highly doubt this was done by Google

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why wouldn’t companies have already got their data long ago? Internet archive is nothing new.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Existing AI companies got their data long ago—but it’s in their interest to create barriers for entry to new AI companies.

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, that’s fair.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Someone facing an enormous lawsuit who realized their tweets / claims were accessible and needs to buy time for their legal team.

[–] applepie@kbin.social 13 points 5 months ago

elon or bunker bitch?

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Bored script kiddies?

[–] snownyte@kbin.social 19 points 5 months ago

I wouldn't be surprised, because it's happened before, that the Internet Archive has been attacked legally by copyright firms for what is hosted there. Like music, games and books in particular.

So it's likely that it isn't suits attacking Internet Archive for this reason, it's presumably a mixed batch of copyright trolls and spiteful shitty human beings with too much time on their hands.

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

We should have a call for hackers/pentesters/cybersec enthusiasts to find these little shits and break their infrastructure

[–] dan42O@infosec.pub 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of stars wars scene with the Jedi archives been manipulated..

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 5 months ago

How did master Obi Wan lose an entire planet? Disgraceful.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why don't we just DDOS the DDOSers? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] k_rol@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

I'd be down

[–] RandomStickman@kbin.run 8 points 5 months ago

What a shame