Hacker News with Generative AI: Internet Archive

The Ceramic Archivists (nualacreed.com)
In about 2008, the founder and director of the Internet Archive, Brewster Kahle, traveled to China. There, he saw the famed Terra-cotta Warriors at the tomb of the first Emperor of China and it gave him an idea.
History, Internet Archive, Museums, China, Art
15 points by kelseyfrog 8 days ago | 5 comments
How Bad Is Link Rot? (brainbaking.com)
There’s no denying that online content disappears. Depending on the type and thoroughness of the study, reports claim that 38% to 66.5% of webpages that existed a decade ago are dead. Sometimes we’re treated with a 3xx redirect code but more often than not they’re simply gone forever if it wasn’t for the Internet Archive.
Internet Archive, Web Content, Data Loss, Online Content
17 points by ZacnyLos 27 days ago | 6 comments
Archive Team (archiveteam.org)
And we've been trashing our history
Internet Archive, History, Data Preservation
48 points by pabs3 31 days ago | 12 comments
Save Music, Save the Archive (savethearchive.com)
Over 350 musicians are speaking out to demand that major labels drop a lawsuit aimed to destroy the Internet Archive—and for their industry to take concrete actions to realign their actions with the interests of working artists. Sign their open letter now to show your support.
Music Industry, Copyright, Internet Archive, Activism
355 points by m463 39 days ago | 207 comments
Unreal and Unreal Tournament Are in 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, Classic Games
11 points by noch 52 days ago | 1 comments
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 63 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 74 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 75 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 81 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 85 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 88 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 89 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 90 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 90 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 94 days ago | 95 comments
Internet Archive Services are "temporarily offline" (archive.org)
Internet Archive, Downtime, Service Interruptions
104 points by pushedx 94 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 96 days ago | 0 comments
Internet Archive is down while systems are strengthened (twitter.com)
Internet Archive, Downtime, System Updates
11 points by rootforce 97 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 98 days ago | 1 comments
Internet Archive services are temporarily offline (archive.org)
Internet Archive, Downtime, Service Disruptions
8 points by joebig 98 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 100 days ago | 7 comments
Internet Archive Hacked (Probably) (theresnotime.co.uk)
Security, Hacking, Internet Archive
47 points by todsacerdoti 100 days ago | 2 comments
Internet Archive: Security breach alert (theverge.com)
Internet Archive, Security, Data Breaches
1091 points by ewenjo 100 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 100 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 108 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 112 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 122 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 123 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 128 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 131 days ago | 98 comments