Internet Archive A.I CyberSecurity Scoring
Internet Archive
Company Information
Website:http://www.archive.org
Employees number:289
Number of followers:49,879
NAICS:51912
Industry Type:Libraries
Homepage:archive.org
Internet Archive Risk Score (AI oriented)
Between 650 and 699
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Updated:
26/03/2026
26/03/2026
673/1000
Weak
B
Internet Archive Global Score (TPRM)
xxxx
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Current Score
673B (WEAK)
01000
2 incidents
0 avg impact
Incident timeline with MITRE ATT&CK tactics, techniques, and mitigations.
JUNE 2026
677
MAY 2026
675
APRIL 2026
674
MARCH 2026
673
FEBRUARY 2026
671
JANUARY 2026
669
DECEMBER 2025
666
NOVEMBER 2025
666
OCTOBER 2025
664
SEPTEMBER 2025
662
AUGUST 2025
660
JULY 2025
658
OCTOBER 2024
745
Breach
01 Oct 2024 • Internet Archive
Internet Archive
Google Salesforce Breach (2025) and Internet Archive Data Breach (2024)
636
CRITICAL-109
INT4192641100925
In October 2024, the Internet Archive suffered a major security breach alongside disruptive DDoS attacks, exposing data from 31 million user accounts, including email addresses, usernames, bcrypt-hashed passwords, and internal records. The attack exploited unrotated API tokens in a Zendesk support system, revealing critical gaps in token management and security monitoring. While no highly sensitive financial data was stolen, the breach compromised a vast amount of user credentials and internal documentation, leading to potential downstream risks like credential stuffing, phishing, and reputational harm. The incident underscored the dangers of poor API security practices and the cascading effects of third-party vulnerabilities in SaaS ecosystems.
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MOTIVATION
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DATA BREACH
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JUNE 2023
756
Cyber Attack
16 Jun 2023 • Internet Archive
Internet Archive
Déclin significatif de l'archivage des pages web par l'Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
738
CRITICAL-18
INT1932219102725
Since May 2025, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has experienced a critical 87% drop in archiving news websites, reducing snapshots from 1.2 million (Jan–May 2025) to just 148,628 (May–Oct 2025). This severe decline threatens the historical integrity of digital archives, particularly for news domains, raising concerns about permanent data loss of public records. The issue stems from operational failures (e.g., indexing delays, resource misallocation) compounded by financial strain—the nonprofit spent $32.7M in 2023 but earned only $23M, diverting funds to legal battles (e.g., lawsuits from publishers like Hachette, Penguin Random House over digital lending and music labels for the Great 78 Project). Prior disruptions include a massive data breach (Oct 2024), forcing weeks-long downtime and a subsequent cyberattack. The legal pressure and funding shortages directly hinder core archiving capabilities, risking irreversible gaps in global web history preservation.
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