Surviving the Siege: Internet Archive Weathers DDoS Storm with Valor

Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine gets a way-wacky wake-up call as DDoS dunces demand downtime. Collections safe, access shaky—meanies, stop the malarkey!

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Hot Take:

Looks like the Internet Archive got a taste of what it's like to be a hot website on Black Friday, except instead of bargain hunters, it's swarmed by a horde of cyber gremlins with DDoS pitchforks. They're not after deals, just chaos. And here I was, thinking the only way to get knocked offline was by accidentally spilling coffee on the server.

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Confessional Booth of Our Digital Sins

Okay, deep breath, let's get this over with. In the grand act of digital self-sabotage, we've littered this site with cookies. Yep, we did that. Why? So your highness can have a 'premium' experience or whatever. These traitorous cookies hide in your browser, eagerly waiting to welcome you back like a guilty dog that's just chewed your favorite shoe. And, if that's not enough, they also tattle on which parts of our sad little corner of the web you obsess over. Feels dirty, doesn't it?