Internet Archive fights against DDoS attack impacting its service
The Hindu
The Internet Archive database said on Tuesday it had been facing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) for three days.
The Internet Archive database that stores and offers free access to documents, books, films, media, and even deleted web pages said on Tuesday it had been facing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack for three days.
DDoS attacks are a kind of cyber-attack wherein malicious actors hit digital platforms with a huge number of troublesome service requests in a short time span, making it difficult or impossible for genuine users to access the service.
Internet Archive said that the intrusion launched “tens of thousands” of requests per second, but claimed that the collections were safe.
However, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine that allows users to see old and even deleted web pages, was not entirely accessible.
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Service has been up and down for the past few days, per the Archive officers’ posts on social media.
Internet Archive said that the source of the DDoS attack was not known.
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