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Wikipedia Blacklists Archive.today Following Alleged DDoS Attack
Importance: 50/1001 Sources
Why It Matters
This incident highlights potential security concerns and content control issues between major online platforms and archiving services. It impacts how information is preserved and accessed on Wikipedia, a widely used reference.
Key Intelligence
- ■Wikipedia has blacklisted the web archiving service Archive.today.
- ■The action was taken after Wikipedia alleged Archive.today engaged in a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.
- ■This blacklist prevents Wikipedia editors from adding links to Archive.today in articles.