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Comment by Alifatisk | Hacker News Reader

Hope these hackers receive lots of negative reactions from their peers and people around them.

Some source information about the group that has claimed responsibility:

"A group known as SN_Blackmeta claimed responsibility for the attack, with a confusing antisemitic message that the archive “belongs to the USA” as if it were a government project."

https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/15/internet-archive-data-breach-...

"Internet Archive Cyber Attacked by Pro-Palestinian Hackers"

https://www.cybersecurityintelligence.com/blog/internet-arch...

"Anti-Israel hacker group hacks 'Internet Archive', exposing 31 million users"

https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/bkird2rjke

Can I say "false flag"?

Yeah, there's plenty of material which I've only been able to easily find on archive.org which does not look good for Israel. The dominant powers seem to be more effective at keeping their propaganda hosted than the resistance, so a takedown of the IA seems very much in line to me with Israeli capabilities and motives.

Curse those clever Pro-Palestine hacktivists, what with going onto IA and erasing all material that's critical of Israel

Unpopular opinion: I suspect many "hacktivists" are driven primarily by the challenge/thrill of hacking, with the cause being more of an afterthought to appease their conscience.

I see no reason to believe this is a false flag. If there's no evidence for it, why should we believe it to be so?

Attribution is not super easy. But here's what IA says: (tl;dr false flag)

"They’re doing it just to do it. Just because they can. No statement, no idea, no demands.” [Jason] Scott said, referencing a post made by an account named SN_Blackmeta on Telegram claiming responsibility for the attack and hinting at another one planned for Friday.

You and Alex Jones.

Maybe they have in the web archive some webpages that were saved that they don't like?

Right, but it's somewhat IAs fault, since they didn't secure their shot properly

Maybe they needed this wakeup call before someone could, say, remove all of their data

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