Mediagazer: The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is back in a “provisional, read-only manner”, after a DDoS attack on the Internet Archive on October 9 and a data breach (Tom Warren/The Verge)

6:10 AM ET, October 15, 2024

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is back in a “provisional, read-only manner”, after a DDoS attack on the Internet Archive on October 9 and a data breach — The Internet Archive is back online in a read-only state after a cyberattack brought down the digital library and Wayback Machine last week.

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

The Evening Standard reports revenue down 15% YoY to £26.8m in the FY ending October 1, 2023 and a loss of £20.6M, its highest loss since going free in 2009 — The Evening Standard has reported its highest losses since going free in 2009, for the year before it decided to drop its daily print edition.

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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:

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