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The | The Archive accepts DMCA takedown requests of websites whose owners no longer want their sites archived<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bixenspan |first=David |date=2018-11-28 |title=When the Internet Archive Forgets |url=https://gizmodo.com/when-the-internet-archive-forgets-1830462131 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-31 |work=[[Gizmodo]]}}</ref> causing certain sites to be inaccessible. | ||
The Internet Archive ''used'' to hide material covered by robots.txt restrictions but that was changed on April 17, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Mark |date=2017-04-17 |title=Robots.txt meant for search engines don’t work well for web archives |url=https://blog.archive.org/2017/04/17/robots-txt-meant-for-search-engines-dont-work-well-for-web-archives/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417131508/http://blog.archive.org/2017/04/17/robots-txt-meant-for-search-engines-dont-work-well-for-web-archives/ |archive-date=2017-04-17 |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=Internet Archive}}</ref> | |||
===Data Breaches (2012-2024)=== | ===Data Breaches (2012-2024)=== | ||
On May 19, 2017, The Archive's Development Manager Katie Barrett made a blog post detailing that anyone who had created their account before 2012 had to change their password as the site had been breached with user's public information and lightly encrypted passwords being leaked.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barrett |first=Katie |date=2017-05-19 |title=Re: User account breach {{!}} Internet Archive Blogs |url=https://blog.archive.org/2017/05/19/re-user-account-breach/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520030556/https://blog.archive.org/2017/05/19/re-user-account-breach/ |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> | On May 19, 2017, The Archive's Development Manager Katie Barrett made a blog post detailing that anyone who had created their account before 2012 had to change their password as the site had been breached with user's public information and lightly encrypted passwords being leaked.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barrett |first=Katie |date=2017-05-19 |title=Re: User account breach {{!}} Internet Archive Blogs |url=https://blog.archive.org/2017/05/19/re-user-account-breach/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520030556/https://blog.archive.org/2017/05/19/re-user-account-breach/ |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> | ||
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| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Legal structure | Private |
| Industry | Digital Library |
| Official website | https://archive.org/ |
The Internet Archive is an American non-profit digital library founded in 1996 to provide free "universal access to all knowledge" and preserve digital history.
Consumer-impact summary
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Incidents
Login-only items for legally dubious content (2016-present)
On January 13, 2016, Hank Bromley (hank_b) of the Internet Archive created a collection of uploads considered legally dubious and only viewable with an account.[1]
These uploads cannot be viewed by logged-out users and cannot be downloaded by anyone except the admins, making any of these pieces of content inaccessible.[2]
Archived Website Censorship
The Archive accepts DMCA takedown requests of websites whose owners no longer want their sites archived[3] causing certain sites to be inaccessible.
The Internet Archive used to hide material covered by robots.txt restrictions but that was changed on April 17, 2017.[4]
Data Breaches (2012-2024)
On May 19, 2017, The Archive's Development Manager Katie Barrett made a blog post detailing that anyone who had created their account before 2012 had to change their password as the site had been breached with user's public information and lightly encrypted passwords being leaked.[5]
On October 9, 2024, users on the Internet Archive got pop-ups that the website had been hacked with notifications appearing from the perpetrators at around 9PM CST,[6] and an hour later Troy Hunt of HaveIBeenPwned confirmed the breach.[7]
Around 31 million users were affected with their user IDs, Emails, encrypted passwords and usernames being leaked.[8]
References
- ↑ "Download & Streaming : Log In Required : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 2025-08-16. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ↑ "Internet Archive Forums: Log In Required, after logging in". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 2025-08-16. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ↑ Bixenspan, David (2018-11-28). "When the Internet Archive Forgets". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Graham, Mark (2017-04-17). "Robots.txt meant for search engines don't work well for web archives". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
- ↑ Barrett, Katie (2017-05-19). "Re: User account breach | Internet Archive Blogs". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 2025-05-20. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ↑ "Dark Web Informer on X". Twitter. 2024-10-09. Archived from the original on 2024-10-12. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ↑ Hunt, Troy (2024-10-09). "Troy Hunt on X: "Hi folks, yes, I'm aware of this. I've been in communication with the Internet Archive over the last few days re the data breach, didn't know the site was defaced until people started flagging it with me just now. More soon." / X". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2024-08-10. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ↑ LeClair, Dave (2024-10-11). "31 million users impacted by Internet Archive data breach — what we know". Tom's Guide. Archived from the original on 2024-11-09. Retrieved 2025-08-16.