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===Login-only items for legally dubious content (2016-present)=== | ===Login-only items for legally dubious content (2016-present)=== | ||
On January 13, 2016, Hank Bromley (hank_b) of the Internet Archive created a collection of uploads considered legally dubious and only viewable with an account.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Download & Streaming : Log In Required : Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/loggedin?tab=about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive. | On January 13, 2016, Hank Bromley (hank_b) of the Internet Archive created a collection of uploads considered legally dubious and only viewable with an account.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Download & Streaming : Log In Required : Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/loggedin?tab=about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2024-0311-0532-32/https://archive.org:443/details/loggedin?tab=about |archive-date=2024-03-11 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> | ||
These uploads cannot be viewed or downloaded by logged-out users but can be accessed by anyone with an account.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Internet Archive Forums: Log In Required, after logging in. |url=https://archive.org/post/1092552/log-in-required-after-logging-in |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222222400/https://archive.org/post/1092552/log-in-required-after-logging-in |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=2025-08-16 |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> | These uploads cannot be viewed or downloaded by logged-out users but can be accessed by anyone with an account.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Internet Archive Forums: Log In Required, after logging in. |url=https://archive.org/post/1092552/log-in-required-after-logging-in |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222222400/https://archive.org/post/1092552/log-in-required-after-logging-in |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=2025-08-16 |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> | ||
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On May 19, 2017, The Archive's Development Manager made a blog post detailing that anyone who had created their account before 2012 had to change their password as the site had been breached with user's public information and lightly encrypted passwords being leaked.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barrett |first=Katie |date=2017-05-19 |title=Re: User account breach {{!}} Internet Archive Blogs |url=https://blog.archive.org/2017/05/19/re-user-account-breach/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520030556/https://blog.archive.org/2017/05/19/re-user-account-breach/ |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> | On May 19, 2017, The Archive's Development Manager made a blog post detailing that anyone who had created their account before 2012 had to change their password as the site had been breached with user's public information and lightly encrypted passwords being leaked.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barrett |first=Katie |date=2017-05-19 |title=Re: User account breach {{!}} Internet Archive Blogs |url=https://blog.archive.org/2017/05/19/re-user-account-breach/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520030556/https://blog.archive.org/2017/05/19/re-user-account-breach/ |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> | ||
On October 9, 2024, users on the Internet Archive got pop-ups that the website had been hacked with notifications appearing from the perpetrators at around 9PM CST,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-09 |title=Dark Web Informer on X |url=https:// | On October 9, 2024, users on the Internet Archive got pop-ups that the website had been hacked with notifications appearing from the perpetrators at around 9PM CST,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-09 |title=Dark Web Informer on X |url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/DarkWebInformer/status/1844123206413943274 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321121941/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/DarkWebInformer/status/1844123206413943274 |archive-date=21 Mar 2026 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref> and an hour later Troy Hunt of HaveIBeenPwned confirmed the breach.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=Troy |date=2024-10-09 |title=Troy Hunt on X |url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/troyhunt/status/1844136762727448644 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321122129/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/troyhunt/status/1844136762727448644 |archive-date=21 Mar 2026 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref> | ||
Around 31 million users were affected with their user IDs, Emails, encrypted passwords and usernames being leaked.<ref>{{Cite news |last=LeClair |first=Dave |date=2024-10-11 |title=31 million users impacted by Internet Archive data breach — what we know |url=https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/31-million-users-impacted-by-internet-archive-data-breach-what-we-know |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109231711/https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/31-million-users-impacted-by-internet-archive-data-breach-what-we-know |archive-date=2024-11-09 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Tom's Guide}}</ref> | Around 31 million users were affected with their user IDs, Emails, encrypted passwords and usernames being leaked.<ref>{{Cite news |last=LeClair |first=Dave |date=2024-10-11 |title=31 million users impacted by Internet Archive data breach — what we know |url=https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/31-million-users-impacted-by-internet-archive-data-breach-what-we-know |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109231711/https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/31-million-users-impacted-by-internet-archive-data-breach-what-we-know |archive-date=2024-11-09 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Tom's Guide}}</ref> | ||