Nonprofit behind the Wayback Machine has suffered a cyberattack by 'pro-Palestinian hacktivists' affecting 31 million users.
A group linked to a pro-Palestinian hacktivist movement has launched a catastrophic cyberattack revealing the details of 31 million people, compromising their email addresses and screen names.An account on X under the name SN_BlackMeta claimed responsibility for the attack on The Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization, and implied that further attacks were planned. The Internet Archive is known for its digital library and the Wayback Machine.
The hacktivist group, who emerged in November 2023 and previously targeted the Internet Archive with a DDoS attack in May 2024, battered the Middle Eastern financial institute for six days with attacks using a new DDoS-for-hire service called InfraShutdown.Cybersecurity firm Radware connected SN_BlackMeta to a pro-Palestinian hacktivist movement that utilizes DDoS-for-hire services like InfraShutdown.
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