Internet Archive is back up as read

The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is back up in read-only mode following massive data breaches last week.

Brewster Kahle, founder and digital librarian of the Internet Archive, posted an update on Monday morning on X (formerly Twitter) announcing the site's return in a "provisional manner."

"Safe to resume but might need further maintenance, in which case it will be suspended again," he wrote. "Please be gentle."

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Kahle wrote the site will not yet reinstate its "Save Page Now" feature, which archives the page as it currently appears and generates a permanent URL.

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Last week, the Internet Archive came under distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks from hacker groups, who accessed sensitive user data for millions of people. The non-profit site keeps saved versions of websites and other forms of digital media, accessible to anyone through its platform The Wayback Machine.

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