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Internet Archive is continuing to experience service disruptions due to a recurrence of a DDoS attack (farside.link)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ForgottenFlux to c/technology
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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 94 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lawsuit theory, Jean-Luc?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 10 points 1 month ago

I'd believe it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

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