Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine was hit by hackers recently with DDoS attacks, a data breach, and vandalism on its website. Over 31 million accounts were compromised and the Wayback Machine has been temporarily taken offline.

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Rabbit Hack youtu.be/lkbV8oP-F44
Crowdstrike Disaster youtu.be/H9RSeDUdkCA

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