Matt HodgkinsonMar 1

English Wikipedia has pulled the plug on using archive.today links to archive websites after the site used scripts to involve users in a DDoS attack on a critical blog.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-might-blacklist-archive-today-after-site-maintainer-ddosed-a-blog/

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Wikipedia:archive.today guidance - Wikipedia

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Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic https://arstechni.ca/DBnP #distributeddenialofserviceattack #DOSattack #Security #Biz&IT
Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic

Attacker rained down the equivalent of 9,300 full-length HD movies in just 45 seconds.

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