Hackers steal information from 31 million Internet Archive users

By Andrew Mambo,

Emma Bowman

Published October 31, 2024 at 10:21 AM EDT

A hack on the world’s largest archive of the internet has compromised millions of users’ information and forced a temporary shutdown of its services. Andrew Mambo speaks with NPR's Emma Bowman.

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Andrew Mambo is a producer for NPR’s The Sunday Story podcast from Up First.

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