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The Internet Archive is under attack, with a popup claiming a ‘catastrophic’ breach

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Summary
Nutrition label

58% Informative

The Internet Archive has been experiencing a DDoS attack.

A pop-up on Wednesday claimed the site had been hacked.

It's unclear what is happening with the site, but attacks on services like TweetDeck have exploited XSS or cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

An account on X said it was behind the attack and implied that another attack was planned for tomorrow .

VR Score

34

Informative language

16

Neutral language

71

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

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