Internet Archive's support email has now been compromised

Hackers acting as if they're doing a public service by bringing down a free publicly accessible tool is a new level of assbackwardness.

If the goal really was to force IA to increase their security, they would've tried to consult with them. This is more about notoriety and chaos and the hackers have no moral ground to stand on.

Yeah look at me flexing on and underfunded non profit.
Not at all hackers are criminals, but many are idiots.
was that their stated reason for attacking the internet archive?
to bring awareness to the security breaches?
little fucks.
"I stole your wallet because pockets are so vulnerable. I'm helping."
- nobody know true reason
  one group claim responsibility on twitter for ddos, reason they are us company and us support genocide in gaza. but from all us company they chose ia? sound like bullshit.
- No, it was somehow because they hate NATO
Hackers acting as if they're doing a public service by bringing down a free publicly accessible tool is a new level of assbackwardness.
are the zendesk hackers the same as the ones who brought down the website initially?
- No. And it's hard to call the zendesk one a hack, even. They just used the same credentials that were leaked a couple weeks before.
iirc some group on twitter claiming that they were the ones behind the attack mentioned it had to do with Palestine or something like that? bruh the internet archive is a non profit organisation.
then when people pointed it out, they mentioned that since they were incorporated in the USA they were still guilty or something like that? dude wtf
- That just smells like an actual false flag operation to me.
Black hat v grey hat innit
Their emotional maturity is close to zero.
They go after internet archive, such a lame move.
- As much as I probably ideologically stand with you, let's not confirmation bias ourselves into a belief we have no evidence for.

This person could be damaging corporate infrastructure but he goes after internet archive

I mean this person seems to be not doing it maliciously. As they say, if it wasn't them, it would be someone else. Pushing archive to improve their security is great for everyone. As long as this person doesn't do anything actually malicious, they're in the clear as far as I'm concerned.
This guy is outing the archive for terrible security posture by bringing attention to it because they received disclosures and did not fix them.
Don't get shit twisted - he's the hero here. IA fucked up and has been vulnerable to manipulation by any number of corporate or national actors this entire time.
- If this was genuinely done out of love I could understand but due to the legal battles the internet archive is currently being dragged through, I harbor suspicion of their intent.
- If they were really "the hero", they'd follow the bare minimum of responsible disclosure best practices, and allow 90 days between privately alerting them of the issue and going public with it. Two weeks is absurd.
- You don't leak a passwords database publicly on the Internet in good faith.
I have to say that the way they are advertising "HAVE I BEEN PWNED" makes this look like law enforcement selling cures to problems they create. The owner has that CIA front company type CV. It makes my head shudder uncontrollably. 🐙🌕🤕

This strikes me as state-funded or state adjacent hacking. Kind of like how the destruction of Twitter eliminated a source of on-the-ground, 24/7 information for the working class on all of the events our governments would prefer we not see so that their propaganda can be produced more lazily. Destroying the Internet Archive acts as another hindrance to the working class when it comes to staying informed and enriched.

This message here in particular is not looking state funded if you ask me. Gaining access to zendesk tickets is a vulnerability which was published a few weeks/months ago and is not difficult at all.
I don't know about state funded, but corporations really, really hate IA for a lot of reasons.
I'm sorry, there is a .yachts TLD?
- Did you find an answer to this?

Why they don't try to ddos and hack ChatGPT instead or something?

Hey, instead of picking on that little kid, why don't you go harass that huge bodybuilder guy with all the knives attached to his belt?
- well, yeah. its still better than picking on a kid.

FFS, that whole hack has left the IA a shambles.

The FBI sleeps when libraries burn

This dumbass is probably being paid by them in the first place lol

Ok, but no need to be bitchy towards the good librarians.

Doesn't seem to be ill intended, not a good way to point out a problem, but the problem is there.