The Internet Archive was back up yesterday, with some limits, after spending nearly a week offline in the wake of a data breach and denial of service attack. Why it matters: The archive and its Wayback Machine are a unique,

The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is back online following a devastating distributed denial of service attack which knocked out its services last week and coincided with the theft of emails and encrypted passwords of 31 million users.

After suffering from a grueling cyberattack, The Internet Archive and its services are online but as read-only.

News of the DDoS attack (which stands for “Distributed Denial of Service”) broke on October 9, when users attempting to access the Wayback Machine were met with a JavaScript alert that read: “Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a catastrophic security breach?

Its Wayback Machine, which lets users view old versions of websites, is back in a read-only manner. The Internet Archive is back online after new of a cyberattack took out its digital library and popular Wayback Machine on October 9.

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library that has served as a main repository of internet history, is back online with limited functionality after weeks of being harassed by hackers.

Earlier this week, news broke of a major hack on the Internet Archive, which leaked 31 million users' account info and temporarily took the service offline. The breach date later given seems to be September 28.