mad_asshatter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoThe Internet Archive is under a DDoS attackbsky.appexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down15file-text
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1external-linkThe Internet Archive is under a DDoS attackbsky.appmad_asshatter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNziom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up147·6 months agoWhy out of all sites why internet archive
minus-squarePhegan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·6 months agoSomeone wanted to erase history.
minus-squareNziom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·6 months agoLuckily non of the data was deleted
minus-squaregirsaysdoom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·6 months agoIt might be that someone wanted to change something that was on a website before the archive could get to it too.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·6 months agoThat’s a ridiculous amount of effort to go through to slow down a scraper for one site, especially when that site could just be… turned off.
minus-squarexavier666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63arrow-down1·6 months agoModification of history is one of the most common tools of dictators
minus-squareNziom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·6 months agoBut they have back up to the entire thing am pretty sure any change would be detectable if a dictator is behind this then he’s extremely stupid
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·6 months agoIf the internet archive goes offline we can just view a cached version of it at the internet archi OH NO!
minus-squareNziom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·6 months agoI thought there back online was there any update on the issue?
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·6 months agoThey’re storing proof of my fuck up which I fixed but if anyone looks it up I’m cooked
Why out of all sites why internet archive
Someone wanted to erase history.
Luckily non of the data was deleted
It might be that someone wanted to change something that was on a website before the archive could get to it too.
That’s a ridiculous amount of effort to go through to slow down a scraper for one site, especially when that site could just be… turned off.
Modification of history is one of the most common tools of dictators
But they have back up to the entire thing am pretty sure any change would be detectable if a dictator is behind this then he’s extremely stupid
If the internet archive goes offline we can just view a cached version of it at the internet archi OH NO!
I thought there back online was there any update on the issue?
They’re storing proof of my fuck up which I fixed but if anyone looks it up I’m cooked
Let’s hear it.
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