Wikipedia bans Archive.today after DDoS attack and altered web captures
Summary
The article reports that Wikipedia has decided to deprecate Archive.today and remove its links after Archive.today was used to launch a DDoS against a blog and allegedly altered archived snapshots. It notes that roughly 695,000 links across hundreds of Wikipedia pages are affected, and that editors urge replacement with trusted archives and tighter link policies. The piece highlights risks around archive reliability, security concerns, and potential actions by the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia community.