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Wikipedia Weighs Blacklisting Archive.today After Site Weaponizes Visitors in Brazen DDoS Attack
Key Takeaways
- Archive.today was caught embedding hidden JavaScript that turned every visitor's browser into a DDoS weapon against a personal blog
- The script sent requests to the target's search function every 300 milliseconds, designed to bypass caching and maximize resource drain
- Wikipedia editors debate purging over 695,000 Archive.today links after the attack, apparently retaliation for exposing the site's operator
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DT Editorial Team··4 min read·via arstechnica.com