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What kind of asshole attacks the Internet Archive of all places on the web??

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• Onavo 2y ago
  Probably funded by some bored executive at a publishing house.
  • phplovesong 2y ago
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    • swarnie 2y ago
      Alarm didn't go off - Russia. Missed the bus - Russia. Stubbed my toe - FFS why is it always Russia? Not excusing it, Russia, China and Iran do make my honeypot's top ten list every month. But then again so do the US, UK and France....
      • tgv 2y ago
        Such is the nature of a top 10. If you'd said all 6 make it to the top 3, I would have been surprised.
      • phplovesong 2y ago
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        • klabb3 2y ago
          > Its always russia Ah the only conspiracy theory we’re encouraged to believe. Wouldn’t that be convenient. A perpetual enemy far away that’s responsible for all of our failures, infiltrating and puppeteering western democracies on the other side of the world. Even the Russian propaganda machine loves this narrative – it makes them seem powerful and dangerous. Not like a corrupt and broken former empire sending off their young to the meat grinder for a bit of loot and territorial ambitions from a lost era.
          • phplovesong 2y ago
            Found Ivan
      • yard2010 2y ago
        The UK, US, France etc. all have their serious problems and are far from perfect. But they are democracies, not some kind of real life Sacha Baron Cohen sketch..
        • swarnie 2y ago
          Democratic is a bit of a stretch; two are republics and one has a man appointed by god at the helm All three have mechanism in place to keep (wrong think) away from any form of power.
      • indigo945 2y ago
        How do you know what countries' actors are attacking your honeypot in face of IP address obfuscation (VPNs, jumpservers rented in a different country, etc.)?
• sschueller 2y ago
  RIAA, MPAA, etc...
  • dewey 2y ago
    I don't think they'd post cringe messages on Twitter though.
    • account42 2y ago
      The script kiddies their contractor hired might though. I see no reason to believe that this was the doing of those organizations but if they did want to see the IA hacked then surely the ones doing the actual deed would be far removed.
• sunaookami 2y ago
  Pro-palestine activists: https://x.com/Sn_darkmeta/status/1844080692772401399 https://x.com/Sn_darkmeta/status/1844080692772401399 & https://x.com/Sn_darkmeta/status/1844104165192253945 https://x.com/Sn_darkmeta/status/1844104165192253945
  • GaryNumanVevo 2y ago
    Both tweets have received a community note disproving this.
    • robjwells 2y ago
      The note currently displayed to my account disputes the claims made in the linked tweet (that the Internet Archive is run by the US government(???)), not the supposed motivation of the attackers. That said, this just seems to me like the attackers are trying to come up with some justification after the fact to explain why they would go after something as universally beloved as the Internet Archive. Actual pro-Palestine activists are not happy, eg (strong language): https://x.com/Aldanmarki/status/1844155616199413969 https://x.com/Aldanmarki/status/1844155616199413969
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    • natdempk 2y ago
      The current community notes I see on these tweets just basically say: the Internet Archive is not part of the US government.
    • sunaookami 2y ago
      You should actually read what the notes say.
  • debit-freak 2y ago
    ...or someone attempting to blame palestinian activists. This smells a lot more like someone trying to ape activist language.
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