The Latest Breaking News from the Internet Archive

Internet Archive settles two-year lawsuit with record labels over music preservation program

A settlement has been reached in a lengthy copyright lawsuit over early 20th century records.

PC Gamer · Sep 21, 2025

Zoomable magazine archive lets you plunge eyeball-first into personal computing's first baby steps through the 70s and beyond

Byte back.

PC Gamer · Aug 27, 2025

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

Google and OpenAI can scrape Reddit's content, but they paid for it.

PC Gamer · Aug 11, 2025

Courts Are Coming for Digital Libraries

A federal court recently said the Internet Archive is not protected by fair use doctrine.

Reason · Nov 10, 2024

The Internet Archive hit with a new level of cyberattack

The Internet Archive failed to rotate API keys, which meant attackers still had some level of access.

TechRadar · Oct 21, 2024

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 major September security breach.

Tom’s Hardware · Oct 14, 2024

31 million users impacted by Internet Archive data breach — what we know

A threat actor compromised 'The Wayback Machine' and millions of users information has been stolen.

Tom’s Guide · Oct 11, 2024

Internet Archive Reels From 'Catastrophic' Cyberattack, Data Breach

The Internet Archive, an online repository of web pages, was offline Thursday after its founder confirmed a major cyberattack that exposed the data of millions of users and left the site defaced.

International Business Times · Oct 10, 2024

Internet Archive hacked and 31 million user accounts leaked — hacking group 'SN_Blackmeta' claims responsibility

Hacking group 'SN_Blackmeta' hacked The Internet Archive and leaked 31 Million user account data which includes emails and hashed passwords in an SQL file and defaced the website with a pop-up message.

Tom’s Hardware · Oct 10, 2024

Change your passwords: Attackers claim a 'catastrophic security breach' of the Internet Archive, with 31 million emails and hashed passwords captured

"See 31 million of you on HIBP!"

PC Gamer · Oct 10, 2024