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<p dir="ltr">This month, an attack on the world's largest online archive — whose purpose is to provide "universal access to all knowledge" — compromised millions of users' information and prompted the site to shut down temporarily.</p>

<p dir="ltr">According to the website Have I Been Pwnd, the hack on the Internet Archive exposed identifiable information from over 31 million user accounts, including patron email addresses and encrypted passwords.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><em><img alt="Hackers stole information from 31 million Internet Archive users" src="http://gospeedcheck.com/filemanager/data-images/imgs/20241021/hackers-stole-information-from-31-million-internet-archive-users.jpg" style="height:400px; width:640px"></em></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><em>Hackers stole information from 31 million Internet Archive users</em></p>

<p dir="ltr">The Internet Archive, a San Francisco-based non-profit that runs on a shoestring budget, offers free access to its massive digitized library of current and historical websites, software applications, and printed documents. </p>

<p dir="ltr">Following the attack, the organization stated that its massive cache of archive information was "safe."</p>

<p dir="ltr">IA stated that it briefly shut down the whole site to "access and improve our security." By Friday, the majority of its services had been restored, including the Wayback Machine, a website archival tool. </p>

<p dir="ltr">The IA stated that it was working "around the clock" and throughout the weekend to restore the rest of its services safely.</p>

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