The non-profit behind open access digital library was hit with both a data breach and a stream of DDoS attacks in one week

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?

The Internet Archive, which hosts the Wayback Machine, is on a mission to preserve online content and books, yet it now faces constant attacks.