SindyOct 10, 2024
evacide

So, the Internet Archive has two different problems at the same time:

1. A massive data breach, which has been confirmed.

2. A DDoS/defacement by a hacktivist group that claims they're doing this for Palestine, which has some real strong "we're kicking this puppy for Palestine" energy.

Oct 9, 2024 at 11:35pmWeb
Show threadanarcatOct 9, 2024
@evacide just got the mail from haveibeenpwned and thought #wtf (it doesn't help that HIBP doesn't actually update its websites so that the links in the mail actually work, ugh), but i didn't know about the defacement, where's that?
Show threadevacideOct 9, 2024
@Anarcat I think I may have misread and conflated the hacking group's posts with a defacement.
Show threadAntiCompositeOct 10, 2024
@Anarcat @evacide there was an alert()-based defacement for ~30 mins before the site was replaced with their generic error message. It's related to the breach, not the DDoS though. https://fox.nexus/@theresnotime/113279503202935344
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Show threadNiko  Oct 9, 2024
@evacide part of me wonders if the palestine one is just an op to piss people off
Show threadGemini6IceOct 9, 2024
@niko that makes the most sense to me
Show threadno more strolls for empressesOct 10, 2024
@niko
' would imagine as much. Reporting it as if it were sincere seems a tad irresponsible ...
@evacide
Show threadFrank Bennett 🇯🇵Oct 10, 2024
@ReneMeadowbloom @niko @evacide Yes. A little too eager there.
Show threadBenjaminOct 10, 2024
@niko It came from a blue checkmark account on twitter and blue checks get paid for engagement on posts. such a good system...
Show threadnateOct 10, 2024
@evacide I believe it's a troll excuse.
Show threadMorgan ⚧️Oct 10, 2024
@evacide I feel like that group has a lot of other sites they could DDOS for Palestine...
Show threadFrank Bennett 🇯🇵Oct 10, 2024
@evacide I would be careful not to make too much of (2). If the miscreant(s) are identified, they can cast light on their motives with mugshots on file. As anonymous actors, what they say is likely bollocks.
Show threadno more strolls for empressesOct 10, 2024
@fgbjr
Yes. Has any pro-Palestinian group actually claimed responsibility?
@evacide
Show threadפְּרִיOct 10, 2024
@evacide Huh. I thought it came in threes
Show threadBryce BelcherOct 10, 2024
@evacide That's really bad for them. But you also forgot the third thing, they're still recovering from their lawsuits from book publishers and record labels.
Show threadOral RobOct 10, 2024

@evacide It's probably the one place you can find good quality unbiased media on the Israel-Palestine conflict for free (even if it's among a pile of actual shit).

They've got to be either stupid or controlled opposition.

Show threadCassandraVertOct 10, 2024
@evacide
Strong suppression vibes.
Show threadMitex LeoOct 10, 2024
@evacide How is defacing Internet Archive going to help Palestine? (Asking as a pro-palestanian)
Show threadslashOct 10, 2024
@evacide Interesting that HIBP notified me (I signed up for monitoring), but the IA has not made a peep.
Show threadgkrnoursOct 10, 2024
@evacide I would guess the "for palestine" is a false flag attack?
Show threadstgiga (they/them) Oct 10, 2024
@evacide

The absolute wrong way to go about this.
Show threadzl2todOct 10, 2024
@evacide
Twice is coincidence.
Three times is enemy action.
Show threadSamantaz FoxOct 10, 2024
@evacide *sigh* I don't even know what to say at this point. People are stupid...
Show threadBastianOct 10, 2024
@evacide certain people have an interest in portraying history a certain way. And independent information is in the way of that. For example: independent information backed with sources about the history of a certain plot of land.
Show threadNeonkAaaOct 10, 2024
@evacide They always do that for an idea. Never for the money.
Show threadKlaus Vink SlottOct 16, 2024
@evacide
I think some ai spell check messed up this message. That should have been "we're doing this for publishers"