ClosedHighNo fix needed
Internet Archive hacked: 31 million user records stolen
Internet Archive (archive.org)
Attackers defaced archive.org with a JavaScript alert and stole a 6.4GB user authentication database: 31 million unique email addresses, screen names and bcrypt-hashed passwords. The newest record was from 2024-09-28. The data was shared with Have I Been Pwned. Around the same time the site was knocked offline by DDoS attacks.
Why this severity: Data breach, 31M accounts
- Started
- Oct 9, 2024
- Closed
- Oct 20, 2024
Affected
Not published yet
Fixed in
No fixed release yet
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