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The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved web pages are back online: Wayback Machine back in read-only mode after DDoS, may need further maintenance.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/the-internet-archive-and-its-916-billion-saved-webpages-are-back-online/
Internet Archive Is Back Online After DDoS Attacks, But Is Read-Only for Now: The Wayback Machine is up and running, but you can only view pages, not add them.
pcmag.com/news/internet-archive-is-back-online-in-a-provisional-read-only-manner
Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is back up after cyberattack: A motive for the attack is not yet known.
axios.com/2024/10/15/wayback-machine-internet-archive-ddos-hack
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Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is back up after data breach - with a catch
zdnet.com/article/internet-archives-wayback-machine-is-back-up-after-data-breach-with-a-catch/
The Internet Archive taken down by DDoS attacks: The Internet Archive has been hit with a series of DDoS attacks this week that have taken the service offline.
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The Internet Archive is back online after a cyberattack: Its Wayback Machine, which lets users view old versions of websites, is back in a read-only manner.
fastcompany.com/91209670/the-internet-archive-is-back-online-after-a-cyberattack
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Mashable Oct 14 24
Internet Archive is back up as read-only after data breach: "Please be gentle."
mashable.com/article/internet-archive-wayback-machine-back-up-after-breach
Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is back online after last week's DDoS attacks: The Internet Archive is back online, albeit in a read-only state ...
engadget.com/cybersecurity/internet-archives-wayback-machine-is-back-online-after-last-weeks-ddos-attacks-155820797.html
Internet Archive is back up in a provisional "read-only" state since cyberattack: Internet Archive works its way back online following sustained attacks and a ...
tomshardware.com/tech-industry/internet-archive-is-back-up-in-a-provisional-read-only-state-since-cyberattack
The Internet Archives' Wayback Machine site is back online but in a read-only mode for now
neowin.net/news/the-internet-archives-wayback-machine-site-is-back-online-but-in-a-read-only-mode-for-now/
Internet Archive: Wayback Machine is running again: The Internet Archive has been attacked. User data has also been lost. Work is now being invested in...
stadt-bremerhaven.de/internet-archive-wayback-machine-laeuft-wieder/
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Blocking the Internet Archive Will Not Stop AI: Publishers have every right to challenge businesses that exploit their work—but the Wayback Machine has become ...
theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/blocking-internet-archive-will-not-stop-ai/689065/
Why Is the Internet Archive Blocking Users? Blame the Bots: New protections intended to stop automated and abusive bots have also ensnared real users trying to ...
pcmag.com/news/why-is-the-internet-archive-blocking-users-blame-the-bots
the-independent.com Jun 20
AI’s biggest casualty could be history itself: The Internet Archive is a vital resource that has helped the search for truth in more than one global event ...
the-independent.com/tech/internet-archive-ai-wayback-machine-b2998319.html
niemanlab.org May 22
More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism
niemanlab.org/2026/05/more-than-340-local-news-outlets-are-limiting-the-internet-archives-access-to-their-journalism/
Internet archival sites struggling to preserve the internet because of skyrocketing hard drive prices due to the AI boom — Wayback Machine and Wikimedia ...
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News publishers are blocking the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to stop AI companies from using it
thenextweb.com/news/news-publishers-are-blocking-the-internet-archives-wayback-machine-to-stop-ai-companies-from-using-it
The Internet Archive is in danger: The Internet Archive has become more limited as websites opt not to allow their pages to be captured because of AI data ...
theweek.com/tech/internet-archive-ai-scraping-wayback-machine
AI threatens the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine: As publishers block the Wayback Machine over AI scraping fears, the preservation of the web’s public record ...
rappler.com/technology/features/ai-threatens-internet-archive-wayback-machine/
WIRED Apr 13
The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril: As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to ...
wired.com/story/the-internets-most-powerful-archiving-tool-is-in-mortal-peril/
News outlets are blocking Wayback Machine from archiving their pages — 23 outlets concerned AI companies might abuse fair use and use it to train their models
tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/news-outlets-are-blocking-wayback-machine-from-archiving-their-pages-23-outlets-concerned-ai-companies-might-abuse-fair-use-and-use-it-to-train-their-models
Publishers are blocking the Internet Archive for fear AI scrapers can use it as a workaround
engadget.com/ai/publishers-are-blocking-the-internet-archive-for-fear-ai-scrapers-can-use-it-as-a-workaround-204001754.html
TIL the Wayback Machine saves 150,000 gigabytes of webpages every day and lives in a church in San Francisco
pcgamer.com/hardware/til-the-wayback-machine-saves-150-000-gigabytes-of-webpages-every-day-and-lives-in-a-church-in-san-francisco/
Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved: The Internet Archive is preserving the web one page at a time, a job that’s more critical than ...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/16/tech/internet-archive-wayback-machine
Paid articlePaywall Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost: We survived, but it wiped out the library," Internet Archive's founder says.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/the-internet-archive-survived-major-copyright-losses-whats-next/
Wayback Machine's archiving mysteriously plummets: This is not good for historical records.
mashable.com/article/internet-archive-wayback-machine-snapshots-plummet
The internet is about to get a little worse as Reddit moves to block the Internet Archive so AI companies can't scrape its content
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Google Cache Is Gone, But I Like Its Replacement Way Better: Here's How to View Archived Versions of a Website
pcmag.com/how-to/view-cached-version-of-a-website
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