The Internet archive has been hacked again
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Internet Archive (Archive.org) faced a second data leak in October 2024, when hackers gained access to service tickets through unsecured Zendesk API tokens.
The Internet Archive, a non-profit organization founded by Brewster Cale to preserve the history of the Internet, was subjected to a series of cyber attacks in October 2024. It all started on October 9th with a double attack: data leaks and denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which were quickly reported on the site Hackread.com . Hackers left a message on the website of the Internet Archive, mocking its vulnerabilities and announcing the theft of data on the website "Have I Been Pwned?" (HIBP).
It is reported that hackers used the GitLab token, which led to the compromise of the archive's source code and the theft of data from 31 million accounts. This led to the leak of confidential information, including encrypted passwords and email addresses.
On October 18, Brewster Cale confirmed that the stored data is safe. He also noted that the organization is carefully approaching the restoration and strengthening of its security. However, on October 20, 2024, the Internet Archive again faced a data leak when hackers used unsecured Zendesk API tokens to access their service platform. This leak revealed thousands of service tickets, starting in 2018, that may have contained personal documents, and highlighted serious flaws in archive security practices.
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