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    Hacktivists Claim Responsibility for Taking Down the Internet Archive | A pro-Palestinian group has compromised the login information for the world’s biggest digital archive and launched a sustained DDoS attack against the site.


    Hacktivists Claim Responsibility for Taking Down the Internet Archive | A pro-Palestinian group has compromised the login information for the world’s biggest digital archive and launched a sustained DDoS attack against the site.

    https://gizmodo.com/hacktivists-claim-responsibility-for-taking-down-the-internet-archive-2000510339

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    4. minus_minus on

      >The group elaborated on its reasoning in a now-deleted post on X. Jason Scott, an archivist at the Archive, screenshotted it and shared it. **“Everyone calls this organization ‘non-profit’, but if its roots are truly in the United States, as we believe, then every ‘free’ service they offer bleeds millions of lives. Foreign nations are not carrying their values beyond their borders. Many petty children are crying in the comments and most of those comments are from a group of Zionist bots and fake accounts,”** the post said.

      … Whaaaaaaat???

    5. Swarrlly on

      This seems like a false flag. Corporate america has been trying for years to shutdown the Internet Archive.

    6. Corronchilejano on

      This group claims to be pro palestinian and it’s entirely based on Russia.

      [https://therecord.media/middle-east-financial-institution-6-day-ddos-attack](https://therecord.media/middle-east-financial-institution-6-day-ddos-attack)

      >SN_BLACKMETA has operated its Telegram channel since November 2023, boasting of DDoS incidents and cyberattacks on infrastructure in Israel, the Palestinian Territories and elsewhere. While all of the group’s messages focus on the Palestinian Territories and perceived opponents to Palestine, many of its posts are written in Russian. 

      >The group’s account on X also shows that it was created by someone in Staraya, a town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The account’s initial language was also set to Russian.

      >The researchers added that analysis of timestamps and activity patterns showed possible evidence that the actors within the group are operating in a timezone “close to Moscow Standard Time (MSK, UTC+3) or other Middle Eastern or Eastern European time zones (UTC+2 to UTC+4).” 

      Attacks include pro palestine sites and groups, so take that “pro palestine” with a grain of salt.

    9. SuperToxin on

      Anyone can claim to be pro-Palestinian however yoy gotta realize some people will pretend and make them seem like extremists like these people.

    11. Humble-End6811 on

      Of course it was the very peaceful, very tolerant, and very anti-fascist pro-Palestine supporters

    13. AgeInternational9030 on

      I don’t believe they’re hacktavists. It’s possible they were Anonymous Sudan, which could just be cover for Russian aligned hackers. I’d bet a lot of money either way this had some backing from the axis of arseholes.

    16. FyreJadeblood on

      Everyone with a brain should know this is a false motive. It’s completely unaligned with their actions. There is no logic behind it.

    20. Exelbirth on

      Hm. reaks of a false flag, honestly. Especially since the archive is a tool used by pro-palestinian groups for cataloguing evidence of IDF actions that violate human rights. I’d actually believe it was the ODF posing as a hacktivist group, the same way they created a fake Hamas website.

    22. BunnyHopThrowaway on

      This gotta be someone’s psyop 💀
      It could either be Russian, Israeli. But it’s just so painfully obvious.

    24. RevolutionaryPiano35 on

      Sure. Pro palestinian taking down their best source of information on their enemies. Makes perfect sense…

    35. Kahzootoh on

      This really smells of a black propaganda attack.

      Hacking on behalf of Palestinian causes usually targets companies that do business with Israel (particularly in the occupied territories), individuals who are involved in settlement activities, and other easier targets with more direct contact with Israel.

      I’m skeptical of this for the same reason that I would be skeptical if a group carrying out terrorist bombings against African Americans in the United States ostensibly claimed to be an Israeli organization. 

      On the internet, anyone can claim to be anything they want.

    37. monchota on

      Yes , doing terrorism to get sympathy for people being used at human shields by terrorists. Really gets people cheering for you.

    38. No_Damage979 on

      Carl Malamud is a literal hero (got the award in’22) of the archive and my personal hero and this isn’t really about him but anything that shits on his tremendous work pisses me off.