Wikipedia bans Archive.today after site executed DDoS and altered web captures

4 hours ago

Wikipedia is blacklisting Archive.today due to its involvement in a DDoS attack against a blog.
Archive.today was found altering webpage snapshots to insert the name of the targeted blogger, motivated by a personal grudge.
Wikipedia editors have decided to deprecate Archive.today, remove existing links, and block new ones due to reliability and ethical concerns.
Over 695,000 links to Archive.today exist across Wikipedia, often used to bypass news paywalls.
Editors are urged to remove or replace Archive.today links with alternatives like the Internet Archive, Ghostarchive, or Megalodon.
The FBI is investigating Archive.today to uncover the identity of its founder.

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