Internet Archive Data Breach Oct 2024

    No known CVEs used

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    Security Incident Summary

    Severity Score
    Significant to High
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    Organization

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    Threat Actor

    Actor Type

    Ransomware Gang
    Type of Breach
    Data Breach

    News Timeline

    Oct 17, 2024
    Additional Report
    Internet Archive Slowly Revives After DDoS Barrage darkreading.com - On October 9, 2024, the Internet Archive suffered a data breach where hackers leaked account information of 31 million users, prompting the site to go offline for a week to mitigate the threat. Netsco...
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    Oct 16, 2024
    Additional Report
    Internet Archive wobbles back online, with limited functionality go.theregister.com - The recent DDoS attack on the Internet Archive on October 9 was attributed to a Mirai variant that exploited home entertainment devices in Korea, China, and Brazil, generating about five gigabits per ...
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    Oct 14, 2024
    Additional Report
    DDoS Attack Takes Down World’s Largest Digital Library, Internet Archive thecyberexpress.com - The Internet Archive experienced a significant cybersecurity incident on October 9th, which involved both a data breach exposing approximately 31 million user credentials, including email addresses an...
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    Additional Report
    Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is back up after data breach - with a catch zdnet.com - The recent DDoS attack on the Internet Archive has forced the Wayback Machine to operate in a read-only mode, allowing access to archived web pages, but disabling the ability to add new pages to the a...
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    Oct 11, 2024
    Additional Report
    Internet Archive data breach impacted 31M users securityaffairs.com - The Internet Archive experienced a data breach impacting over 31 million users of "The Wayback Machine," with threat actors accessing a user database containing email addresses, screen names, bcrypt p...
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    Oct 10, 2024
    Additional Report
    Internet Archive user info stolen in cyberattack, succumbs to DDoS go.theregister.com - The Internet Archive experienced a security breach leading to the theft of data from over 31 million user accounts, including contact information and bcrypt-hashed passwords, along with a website defa...
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    Additional Report
    Internet Archive breach compromises 31 million accounts - what you need to know zdnet.com - In a cyberattack that brought down the Internet Archive and its associated services like the Open Library and Wayback Machine, 31 million accounts were compromised, leading to the theft of usernames, ...
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    Additional Report
    Internet Archive suffers data breach and DDoS malwarebytes.com - In a recent incident, the Internet Archive experienced a data breach and a series of DDoS attacks, leading to the exposure of a user authentication database with 31 million records containing Bcrypt-h...
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    Additional Report
    Internet Archive leaks user info and succumbs to DDoS go.theregister.com - A new incident affecting the Internet Archive involved both a DDoS attack and the breach of user data, where over 31 million accounts' email addresses, screen names, and bcrypt password hashes were st...
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    Additional Report
    Archive.org, a repository storing the entire history of the Internet, has been hacked arstechnica.com - Archive.org experienced a breach in September 2023, resulting in the exposure of 31 million user records, including email addresses, screen names, and bcrypt-hashed passwords. Hints of the breach firs...
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    Oct 09, 2024
    Initial Disclosure
    Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users bleepingcomputer.com - The Internet Archive's data breach reportedly resulted in the theft of an authentication database containing 31 million records, including email addresses and bcrypt-hashed passwords, with the data be...
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    Organization Details

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    Organization Size
    150
    HQ Location
    San Francisco, California
    Industry
    Media and Entertainment
    Security Stack used by Internet Archive at time of breach (best approximation) Why?
    Network Security

    VPN/SASE

    Unknown

    IDS/IPS

    Unknown
    Endpoint Security

    EDR

    Unknown

    MDM

    Unknown
    Identity Management

    SSO / MFA

    Unknown

    IGA

    Unknown
    Application Security

    WAF

    Unknown

    SCA

    Unknown
    Cloud Security

    CASB

    Unknown

    CWPP

    Unknown
    SIEM / Threat Intel

    SIEM

    Unknown

    TIP

    Unknown
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    What is Internet Archive?

    The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library with the primary purpose of providing "universal access to all knowledge." It was founded by Brewster Kahle in 1996 and is based in San Francisco, California. The organization aims to preserve digital content, offering permanent access to researche...
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