The Internet Archive is back online, albeit in a read-only state, after DDoS attacks took the service offline on October 9. Its founder says the platform is “resumed in a provisional, read-only manner” without the ability to save pages.

The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is back online in a read-only state, after DDoS attacks took the entire platform offline on October 9. Founder Brewster Kahle posted on Monday (via The Verge) that the service is “resumed in a provisional,

The Internet Archive is gradually restoring its services following a cyberattack that led to a temporary shutdown of its website last week.

News of the DDoS attack (which stands for “Distributed Denial of Service”) broke on October 9, when users attempting to access the Wayback Machine were met with a JavaScript alert that read: “Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a catastrophic security breach?

After suffering from a grueling cyberattack, The Internet Archive and its services are online but as read-only.

Launching the Wayback Machine now takes you to the usual page. From here, you can search for archived versions of a page by typing a URL or keywords. With the results that pop up, you're able to pick a specific date in the past and view a snapshot of that page as it was back then.

The Internet Archive is facing another major setback after a series of cyberattacks disrupted its services. Just one day after the organization restored its Wayback Machine and other services, most of the site has gone dark again,