Internet Archive is Down to Me

RIP, internet archive

[quote]An account on X under the name SN_BlackMeta claimed responsibility for the attack on The Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization, and implied that further attacks were planned.

So the hackers are wannabe terrorist incels who don't want to leave the comfort of their basement computer to fight for the Palestinians they don't give two shits about. Got it.

omg. A couple weeks ago I found a rare book that I used to own but in a fit of housecleaning I got rid of it. Immediately regretted it and have been looking for another copy ever since. Just happened to check the archive and someone had uploaded it. I was able to download the pdf, I was so happy.

Elizabeth Taylor's diet book is uploaded on the site

I'm signed up to "Have I been pwned" and recieved email notification that they were hacked in late September. 31 million email addresses compromised.

Why would pro-Palestine hackers choose the Internet Archive to attack? More likely it's the book publishers that long to see them shut down.

Internet Archive ‪@archive.org‬

Latest update on the DDOS attack from Brewster Kahle (Oct 11 @ 10:22am PT):

"The data is safe. Services are offline as we examine and strengthen them. Sorry, but needed. @internetarchive staff is working hard. Estimated Timeline: days, not weeks. Thank you for the offers of pizza (we are set)."

That's great news, R9. Thanks.

[quote] Why would pro-Palestine hackers choose the Internet Archive to attack?

They don’t.

I lerve the Internet Archive. I contribute a little something regularly and want to leave them big money in my will.

Still down.

I'm worried that all these sites are going to go. I don't even use them, but it's nice to know that free books are available.

They have one of my books scanned but I don't mind or miss the royalties because I can access so many other old books.

Fuck this. I’m sick of my work being bootlegged into this site.

R16 = Sidney Sheldon

Still down.

The quick go-to source for Dataloungers looking to read THAT GIRL AND PHIL, which was carefully and lovingly scanned and uploaded to the IA.

Phil himself uploaded THAT GIRL AND PHIL "to ensure future generations know the cold-blooded truth."

Imagine how tedious it would be for a person to scan a 300 page book. Unless a machine could do it.

It’s easy if the pages aren’t bound. I wonder if that’s what they do. It would be ruinous to the books

I’m bummed. I’m always reading a couple on there. They’re really getting dumped on by publishers now. I wonder if pubs had something to do with the hack. There is almost no reason to buy a real book or go to the library with between it and kindle. And eBay for a cheap real book if you must.

Hathi Trust digital library and The Online Books Page are other sites I also go to.

Still down.

Important as pleasure reading is, Internet Archive also is important to historical and other academic research. It's a significant component of work for a book project I'm on now, and it's distressing to be hobbling along without it, because the research will be incomplete. [italic]gasp[/italic] INCOMPLETE, I tells ya!

Why are all these sites being targeted now?

[quote]A hacker group called "SN_BLACKMETA" claimed responsibility, saying it had targeted the archive "because [it] belongs to the USA" and linked the attack to the US government's alliance and support of Israel.

[Quote]The Internet Archive is not owned by the US government and has no ties to Israel.

[Quote]“They’re probably doing it more for the shock value and visibility of the story,” Dr Buchanan said.

Looks like it's working, again.

Wayback Machine (provisional, read-only) service.

Same.

‪Internet Archive‬ ‪@archive.org‬

15h Latest update from @brewster.kahle.org: “@waybackmachine volume is back to normal: 1,500 requests per second. Sorry we don't have other services yet. (Your good wishes have helped a good team @internetarchive ) more as it happens.”