The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is being backed up in read-only mode following a major data breach last week.
Brewster Kahle, founder and librarian of the Internet Archive, posted an update Monday morning on X (formerly Twitter) announcing the site’s return “in a temporary fashion.”
“It is safe to restart but it may need some repairs, if so it will be suspended again,” he wrote. “Please be gentle.”
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Kahle wrote that the site will not restore its “Save Page Now” feature, which archives the page as it currently appears and generates a permanent URL.
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Last week, the Internet Archive came under a denial of service (DDoS) attack from hacker groups, which accessed the sensitive user data of millions of people. The non-profit site maintains archived versions of websites and other forms of digital media, accessible to anyone through its Wayback Machine platform.
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