Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links
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Wikipedia has blacklisted the web-archiving service Archive.today, removing more than 695,000 links to the site from the encyclopedia. Editors took the action after discovering that Archive.today was used to direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack and had altered archived snapshots. The purge applies across English-language Wikipedia.
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How it was reported
- Ars Technica·Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links
Wikipedia is blacklisting Archive.today due to its involvement in a DDoS attack. Archive.today altered webpage snapshots, inserting a blogger's name. Wikipedia will remove 695,000 archive links to the site.
- TechMeme·English-language Wikipedia bans Archive.today after editors discover it was used to direct a DDoS attack and tampered with snapshots; 695K+ links to be removed (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
The English-language Wikipedia is blacklisting Archive.today due to its involvement in a DDoS attack and tampering with snapshots. Over 695,000 links will be removed. Archive.today was used to direct the attack.
- TechCrunch·Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today after alleged DDoS attack
Wikipedia editors removed links to Archive.today, a web archiving service. The service was linked over 695,000 times across the encyclopedia. This decision was made after an alleged DDoS attack.
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