HackingOtherCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Internet Archive

bd_7b7939580276157c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 20, 2024

Filed

May 19, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

89%

Full breach record for Internet Archive →2 incidents on file

Internet Archive notified the Maryland AG that between October 17-20, 2024, an unauthorized actor accessed its customer service platform containing user request information. Discovered October 20, 2024. Affected information for Maryland residents may have included names and government ID information (driver's license or passport). Four Maryland residents are being notified. The platform was temporarily taken offline during containment and investigation.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

Oct 17, 2024

Begins

Oct 20, 2024

Discovered

May 19, 2026

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: Internet Archive
norm: internet archive

Name: Internet Archive
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Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Oct 20, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 17, 2024 – Oct 20, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 6, 2025
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Maryland Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Took action to contain the incident, including by terminating the unauthorized access
Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the access
Temporarily taking the customer service platform offline
Notifying affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376124.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 19, 2026
Raw hash: d2cca441851c45cff6a7c4fb9e7a55c5100a19272c88e83413c1a84da2c1763c

Reporting entityInternet Archive

Victim entityInternet Archive

Incidentdiscovered Oct 20, 2024

Stated responseTook action to contain the incident, including by terminating the unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov