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In this episode, we discuss the significant data breach at the Internet Archive, affecting 33 million users. We also examine the introduction of an AI-integrated toilet camera by Throne, designed for health monitoring by analyzing bodily waste, and the ensuing privacy concerns. We explore these technological advancements alongside other unusual tech innovations, touching upon security…
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Issue 257: Internet Archive under attack, API Gateways insecure by default, OWASP injection attacks
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This week, we look at the recent data breach at the Internet Archive and the critical role of API token management. We have a report from Trend Micro detailing security issues with API Gateway deployments, and we look at recently discovered OWASP API vulnerabilities in popular enterprise and open source platforms. Also a quick look…
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MalBot October 22, 2024, 2:50pm 1 Such an ad, which priced the exfiltrated data archive at $15,000 worth of cryptocurrency, was immediately removed by TAINTU due to Breach Forums users’ lack of seriousness to his claims.
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The Internet Archive (Archive.org) suffered a second security breach in October 2024, exposing support tickets through unrotated Zendesk API tokens. The organization faces reputational damage and risks to user data.
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Internet Archive attackers email support users: “Your data is now in the hands of some random guy”
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Those who hacked the Internet Archive haven’t gone away. Users of the Internet Archive who have submitted helpdesk tickets are reporting replies to the tickets from the hackers themselves.
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Internet Archive was breached twice in a month Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2024 The Internet Archive was breached again, attackers hacked its Zendesk email support platform through stolen GitLab authentication tokens. The Internet Archive was breached via Zendesk, with users receiving warnings about stolen GitLab tokens due to improper token rotation after repeated alerts.
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Attackers leveraged a Nidec Precision employee’s valid VPN account credentials to infiltrate the firm’s server, enabling the exfiltration of more than 50,000 files, all of which remain unencrypted, including internal files, green procurement-related documents, communications from business partners, contracts, business documents, and labor safety and health policies.
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Hours later, Brewster Kahle, group chairman at the Internet Archive confirmed the attack on X. “Sorry, but DDOS folks are back and knocked http://archive.org and http://openlibrary.org offline,” he said in the post. “@internetarchive is being cautious and prioritizing keeping data safe at the expense of service availability.”
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Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle highlighted a recent wave of attacks on libraries and archives across the globe and hopes that they are ‘not indicative of a trend’.
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Cybersecurity troubles are not over for the Internet Archive (IA), the nonprofit organization behind the popular digital library site: after the recent DDoS attacks, defacement and data breach, an email sent via its Zendesk customer service platform has shown that some of its IT assets remain compromised.
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The Internet Archive, a non-profit organization widely known for preserving the digital history of the web through its Wayback Machine, has fallen victim to its third major cyberattack in October 2024. On October 20, hackers exploited unrotated API tokens to gain unauthorized access to the Archive’s Zendesk support platform, putting sensitive user data at risk.
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The Internet Archive has fallen victim to another cyberattack, marking the third major security incident in October 2024.
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A post shared Saturday on social media acknowledges those admins and developers at the Internet Archive working “literally round the clock… They have taken no days off this past week. They are taking none this weekend… they are working with all of their energy and considerable talent.”
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“The Wayback Machine, Archive-It, scanning, and national library crawls have resumed,” announced the Internet Archive Thursday, “as well as email, blog, helpdesk, and social media communications. Our team is working around the clock across time zones to bring other services back online.”
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WordPress’s emperor, Matt Mullenweg, demands a hefty tribute from WP Engine, and a battle erupts, leaving millions of websites hanging in the balance. Meanwhile, the Internet Archive, a digital library preserving our online history, is under siege from hackers.
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Last week, hackers defaced the Internet Archive website with a message that said, “Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a catastrophic security breach? It just happened. See 31 million of you on HIBP!”
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Posted on October 14, 2024 at 9:58 PM “The Internet Archive, renowned for its vast digital library and its web preservation tool, the Wayback Machine, recently fell victim to a major cyberattack that disrupted its services. On October 9, a combined attack involving a data breach and a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack took the site…
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The Internet Archive is back online in a read-only state after a cyberattack brought down the digital library and Wayback Machine last week. A data breach and DDoS attack kicked the site offline on October 9th, with a user authentication database containing 31 million unique records also stolen in recent weeks.
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The Internet Archive has faced a serious cybersecurity crisis that has taken both its Archive.org and OpenLibrary.org platforms offline. The Internet Archive cyberattack, characterized by a data breach and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, has raised concerns about the integrity and security of one of the largest digital libraries in existence.
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The Internet Archive will come back within “days” following a cyberattack that brought down the organization’s vast digital library and the Wayback Machine, according to an update from founder Brewster Kahle. It’s been struggling due to a data breach and DDoS attack earlier this week that revealed the email addresses, screen names, password change timestamps,…