


We've told you about the Internet Archive before. It recently lost its appeal in a publisher lawsuit, which is a blow to digital media. But in addition to archiving electronic copies of books, the Internet Archive also keeps old news articles, social media posts, and other digital content.
It's an invaluable resource for a variety of reasons.
Yesterday, it was the target of a DDOS attack (the second this week) and security breach that exposed millions of users' data:
And an update:
This whole thing, happening just a couple of weeks before the presidential election, has raised more than a few eyebrows:
Would anyone be surprised?
The Wayback Machine is awesome.
The possibilities are endless, frankly.
Really does sound suspicious.
This made us chuckle. But it's also true.
The latest updates from Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, were posted last night:
As of this morning, this writer could not access Internet Archive.
It'll be interesting to see if anything was removed.
We'll keep an eye on this.