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Internet Archive data breach (2024)

In September 2024, the digital library of internet sites Internet Archive suffered a data breach that exposed 31M records. The breach exposed user records including email addresses, screen names and bcrypt password hashes.

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Internet Archive
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31.1M
SectorMedia

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2024-09-28, Internet Archive was affected by a data breach. Approximately 31,081,179 accounts were exposed. In September 2024, the digital library of internet sites Internet Archive suffered a data breach that exposed 31M records. The breach exposed user records including email addresses, screen names and bcrypt password hashes.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#InternetArchive
  2. archive.orghttps://archive.org

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