United States
USA
Sustained DDoS attack repeatedly knocks Internet Archive services offline
Beginning on 26 May 2024, the Internet Archive experienced a sustained distributed denial-of-service attack generating tens of thousands of malicious requests per second. The attack repeatedly knocked the Internet Archive and Wayback Machine offline or made service inconsistent for several days, although the underlying digital collections remained safe.
71
Estimated severity
71 / 100
95
Source reliability
95 / 100
Approximate Date
26/05/2024
Targeted Company
INTERNET ARCHIVE
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
3 days
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityService degradation
Affected sectors
Technology & IT Services
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Distributed denial of service
Attributed threat actors
No information