Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
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The Internet Archive briefly displayed a pop-up on Wednesday claiming the site had been hacked. By 5:30 PM ET, the pop-up disappeared, but the site went fully offline with a message stating, “Internet Archive services are temporarily offline.”

The pop-up warned about a potential security breach, where 31 million users' data would eventually appear on Have I Been Pwned?, a service checking data leaks, which later confirmed the authenticity of the breach.

Archivist Jason Scott indicated the site was experiencing a DDoS attack, stating it was done "just because they can."

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