# Hacktivists Claim Responsibility for Cyber Attack on the Internet Archive! 🌐

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/hacktivists-claim-responsibility-for-cyber-attack-on-the-internet-archive/293247>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** hacking, privacy, data-recovery\
**Created:** [October 10, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hacktivists-claim-responsibility-for-cyber-attack-on-the-internet-archive/293247 "2024-10-10T21:36:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hacktivists-claim-responsibility-for-cyber-attack-on-the-internet-archive/293247/1 "2024-10-10T21:36:35Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Major Cyber Attack**  
The **Internet Archive** and its **Wayback Machine** experienced a significant outage on Tuesday due to a sustained cyber attack.

2. **Data Compromise Alert**  
User data has been compromised, prompting all users to change their passwords for security.

3. **Claim of Responsibility**  
A pro-Palestinian hacktivist group known as **SN\_BLACKMETA** has claimed responsibility for the attack, asserting their motive is linked to the U.S. government’s support of Israel.

4. **Justification for the Attack**  
In their statements on **X** and **Telegram** , the group criticized the Internet Archive, suggesting that its U.S. roots imply complicity in global injustices, framing their actions as a form of protest.

5. **Previous Attacks**  
SN\_BLACKMETA previously claimed responsibility for a **six-day DDoS attack** on the Archive in May, indicating a pattern of targeting organizations they perceive as aligned with U.S. foreign policy.

**Read more at:** [Gizmodo](https://gizmodo.com/hacktivists-claim-responsibility-for-taking-down-the-internet-archive-2000510339)