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Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 2 months ago by threeganzi@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)

But why?

[–] ganymede@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

no idea if related or what

but google cache is being shut down, then google announces they'll be participating with IA.

now this.

really not a good time in history for our ability to easily document web history to be getting messed with.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I feel like google cache has been gone for years. Remember when you could choose to see the cached version of almost any site that came up in your search results? I want to have nice things again.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, Google Cache does seem like it has been gone for years. I can't even recall the last time I was able to use it.

[–] sakuragasaki46@feddit.it 6 points 2 months ago

Google shut down their cache and "teamed up" with IA to offload the work to someone else's server, so they don't pay for it.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

I just hope they backed up geocities

[–] gndagreborn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

if assholes are willing to ransom a pediatric burns hospital for money, they would have the required lack of empathy to attack the IA.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Horrible people like to see the greatest things humanity has ever done burn to the ground. That's my guess.

[–] lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean in terms of a hacking accomplishment, it's like you beat up a disabled person. 😐

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 0 points 2 months ago

Odd throwback to the epilepsy website hack.