The “Internet Archive” website has partially resumed operation after being hit by a wide-scale cyber attack a few days ago.
The “Wayback Machine” service, which displays the history of websites, has returned to normal operation within the site. The popular site experienced an attack on October 9th, resulting in its disruption and the compromise of data from over 30 million users.
Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle stated that the site is currently in a read-only mode, meaning users cannot save or download images from current websites to the Wayback Machine service. Kahle added that the site may be “commented on again” if further maintenance is required.
The site has not fully recovered all its parts along with its other affiliated websites yet, and a date for their return has not been determined.
In March last year, Internet Archive announced a major partnership with Google, aiming to enable Google search engine users direct access to links of internet pages stored on the Wayback Machine service through the “About this result” option. Google used to support access to old versions of websites through its archived pages, but this feature was removed from the search engine earlier this year.
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library that aims to provide free access to diverse digital content such as books, videos, music, and software. It works to preserve digital materials and document them to ensure their availability indefinitely.
