Overview

• The Internet Archive has suffered a third cyberattack this month, resulting in unauthorized access to its Zendesk support platform.
• Hackers claim to have accessed over 800,000 support tickets, potentially containing sensitive user information submitted since 2018.
• Security experts criticize the Internet Archive for failing to rotate API tokens, leaving them vulnerable to repeated breaches.
• In addition to the data breach, the organization has faced DDoS attacks that have disrupted its services, including the Wayback Machine.
• The Internet Archive is working to restore its services and improve security, but the breaches raise concerns about the safety of its vast digital collections.