Wikipedia officially blacklists all links to Archive Today over bizarre DDOS attack and manipulated archives — website operator caught tweaking their own archive

Wikipedia has officially banned all links to Archive Today due to a manipulated archive and a bizarre DDOS attack allegedly orchestrated by the website's operators. The decision was made after Archive Today altered archived pages to fuel a feud, leading to the ban on all AT links. Wikipedia editors now face the task of replacing approximately 15% of irreplaceable links with original sources, alternative archives, or non-archived media. The attack stemmed from a 2023 post investigating Archive Today, prompting the site's operators to retaliate by targeting a security blogger's website through manipulated links.