Hacker News with Generative AI: Internet Archive

Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free and preserved on the Internet Archive (rockpapershotgun.com)
Epic Games has given the OK for their 1998 shooter Unreal to be hosted on the Internet Archive, essentially making the classic sci-fi alien blaster free, and preserving it for the future.

Video Games, Preservation, Internet Archive, Free Software

9 points by Tomte 6 days ago | 0 comments

Internet Archive Services Update (archive.org)
Internet Archive services are temporarily offline.

Internet Archive, Web Services, Downtime

46 points by pabs3 16 days ago | 0 comments

Internet Archive "Save Page Now" has been re-enabled (archive.org)
The Wayback Machine is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.

Internet Archive, Wayback Machine, Digital Preservation, Technology, Non-Profit

19 points by motownphilly 17 days ago | 0 comments

Leave the Internet Archive Alone (computerworld.com)
Except for book publishers, the Internet Archive has done no one any harm. But that hasn't stopped hackers from beating up on the site over and over again.

Internet Archive, Cybersecurity, Digital Preservation

30 points by CrankyBear 23 days ago | 19 comments

Ask HN: Who is hacking Internet Archive? (ycombinator.com)
apparently a "pro-Palestinian" group SN_BlackMeta claimed responsibility for the attack.

Security, Hacking, Internet Archive, Politics

36 points by weallfeelit 27 days ago | 16 comments

The Internet Archive is back, in read-only mode (archive.org)
In recovering from recent cyberattacks on October 8, the Internet Archive has resumed the Wayback Machine (starting October 13) and Archive-It (October 17), and as of today (October 21), has begun offering provisional availability of archive.org in a read-only manner.

Cybersecurity, Internet Archive, Web Archive, Digital Preservation

38 points by TechSquidTV 31 days ago | 10 comments

Twitter blog posts from 2019-2024 appear to be missing from Internet Archive (twitter.com)

Social Media, Data Loss, Internet Archive

34 points by ryzvonusef 32 days ago | 11 comments

Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens (bleepingcomputer.com)
The Internet Archive was breached again, this time on their Zendesk email support platform after repeated warnings that threat actors stole exposed GitLab authentication tokens.

Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Internet Archive, Zendesk

509 points by vladyslavfox 32 days ago | 338 comments

Hacker sends email blast to Internet Archive Zendesk support ticket submitters (ycombinator.com)
I received the following email as a response to a long closed support email. I don’t see anything to indicate it isn’t from Internet Archive’s actual Zendesk instance.

Internet Archive, Security, Email, Hacking

10 points by brettdav 32 days ago | 5 comments

The Internet Archive is back online (arstechnica.com)
The Internet Archive has brought its Wayback Machine back online "in a provisional, read-only manner" as it continues to recover from attacks that took the site down last week, founder Brewster Kahle said in a post last night.

Internet Archive, Wayback Machine, Cyberattacks, Online Services

340 points by Wingy 36 days ago | 95 comments

Internet Archive Services are "temporarily offline" (archive.org)

Internet Archive, Downtime, Service Interruptions

104 points by pushedx 36 days ago | 34 comments

The Internet Archive is back as a read-only service after cyberattacks (theverge.com)
The Internet Archive is back online in a read-only state after a cyberattack brought down the digital library and Wayback Machine last week.

Cybersecurity, Internet Archive, Digital Libraries

52 points by throw0101c 38 days ago | 0 comments

Internet Archive is down while systems are strengthened (twitter.com)

Internet Archive, Downtime, System Updates

11 points by rootforce 40 days ago | 0 comments

Internet Archive data is safe, still bringing services back up (twitter.com)

Internet Archive, Data Security, Technology, Online Services

20 points by odo1242 40 days ago | 1 comments

Internet Archive services are temporarily offline (archive.org)

Internet Archive, Downtime, Service Disruptions

8 points by joebig 41 days ago | 2 comments

Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31M users (bleepingcomputer.com)
Internet Archive's "The Wayback Machine" has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole a user authentication database containing 31 million unique records.

Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Internet Archive

36 points by zerojames 42 days ago | 7 comments

Internet Archive Hacked (Probably) (theresnotime.co.uk)

Security, Hacking, Internet Archive

47 points by todsacerdoti 42 days ago | 2 comments

Internet Archive: Security breach alert (theverge.com)

Internet Archive, Security, Data Breaches

1091 points by ewenjo 43 days ago | 605 comments

The Internet Archive takes over foreign dissertations from Leiden University (universiteitleiden.nl)
Last month, the UBL announced that it will deselect an extensive collection of foreign dissertations. We are happy to report now that The Internet Archive will be taking over this collection.

Internet Archive, Digital Libraries, Education, Academic Research, Netherlands

164 points by gpvos 43 days ago | 57 comments

The $621M Legal Battle by Record Labels Against Internet Archive (rollingstone.com)
In the old chapel of a former Christian Science church in San Francisco, late-afternoon sun pours orange through the windows and several giant servers are hard at work.

Legal Battles, Music Industry, Internet Archive, Copyright

179 points by coloneltcb 51 days ago | 95 comments

The Internet Archive's Fight to Save Itself (wired.com)
The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.

Internet Archive, Legal Battles, Digital Preservation

43 points by leotravis10 55 days ago | 12 comments

We're losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it? (bbc.com)
Research shows 25% of web pages posted between 2013 and 2023 have vanished. A few organisations are racing to save the echoes of the web, but new risks threaten their very existence.

Internet Archive, Digital Preservation, Web History, Data Loss

55 points by yamrzou 64 days ago | 8 comments

We're losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it? (bbc.com)
Research shows 25% of web pages posted between 2013 and 2023 have vanished. A few organisations are racing to save the echoes of the web, but new risks threaten their very existence.

Internet Archive, Digital Preservation, Web History, Data Loss

6 points by redbell 65 days ago | 0 comments

Google partners with Internet Archive to link to archives in search (9to5google.com)
Rolling out starting today, Google Search results will now directly link to The Internet Archive to add historical context for the links in your results.

Google Search, Internet Archive, Search Engines, History, Digital Preservation

64 points by bhouston 71 days ago | 22 comments

With more legal action on the horizon, how long before Archive.org closes? (locals.com)

Lawsuits, Archive.org, Internet Archive, Online Libraries, Digital Preservation

117 points by leotravis10 74 days ago | 98 comments

Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending (theverge.com)

Internet Archive, Lawsuits, Digital Libraries, eBooks

200 points by james_pm 78 days ago | 4 comments

The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case (wired.com)

Copyright Law, Internet Archive, Legal Battles

27 points by leotravis10 78 days ago | 2 comments

Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette vs. Internet Archive (poast.org)