When the Internet Archive is Hacked

This is not hypothetical.  It is definitely real: When the Internet Archive is hacked, and then taken offline as a result, there are huge, negative ramifications for those who need to locate rare, out-of-print, historical documents online for research, among other resources. Individual access to "digitized content" is clearly put at risk.

Source: Sharma, S. (2024, October 21). "Internet Archive breached twice within days: The second breach used stolen tokens from the first attack that remained un-rotated even days later." CSO. https://www.csoonline.com/article/3573962/internet-archive-breached-twice-within-days.html