Internet Archive is continuing to face DDoS attacks after several days, says “this attack has been sustained, impactful, targeted, adaptive, and importantly, mean”

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Internet Archive is continuing to face DDoS attacks after several days
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Foreign government, moneyed interests, or domestic dipshits, taking all bets.

Barnes & Nobel going rouge.

Really? I thought they were more of a chartreuse myself...

Someone facing an enormous lawsuit who realized their tweets / claims were accessible and needs to buy time for their legal team.

-me a day or two ago

who was trying to sue it out of existence recently? probably them.

Wasn't that Pearson or some other shitty "educational" book publisher?

Corporate espionage is so brutal that state operatives run and hide when they learn who it is. Even law enforcement avoids them.

Domestic roscomnadzor paid by China orchestrated by USA. Or paid by USA and orchestrated by China. Either one.

Maybe a rogue entity trying to anonymously use it to train an AI or LLM. Either for its data or to learn how to more effectively attack.