The Internet Archive, a non-profit organization that works to preserve the internet’s history, has been under attack for several days. The culprit? A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, a malicious attempt to overwhelm a website with traffic, making it inaccessible to legitimate users.

These attacks have been intermittent, causing the Archive’s services to go offline for short periods. While the data itself seems to be unaffected, users may experience disruptions when trying to access archived webpages during these outages.

The Internet Archive is actively working to mitigate the attack and restore full functionality to its services. This isn’t the first time the Archive has been targeted. In fact, libraries and similar institutions are becoming increasingly common targets for DDoS attacks.

The Archive is also facing a copyright infringement lawsuit, which has only added to the pressure it’s under. Despite these challenges, the Internet Archive remains committed to its mission of preserving the internet’s history for future generations.