📚 Internet Archive Under DDoS Attack; Google Chat Ends; New Microsoft Bot on Telegram

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Today’s pick

• Internet Archive Hit With DDoS Attack 

• Google Business Profile chat and call history going away 

• You can now use the Microsoft Copilot bot on Telegram

• Google won't comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation 

• US govt sanctions cybercrime gang behind massive 911 S5 botnet 

Let’s dive in

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Internet Archive Hit With DDoS Attack

By Kate Irwin via PCMag  

• The California-based nonprofit, the Internet Archive, is experiencing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, making the platform difficult to access.

• These attacks disrupt the availability of a vast collection of digitized books and webpages that the nonprofit archives.

• The issue has been reported on May 28, 2024, highlighting the challenges faced by digital archives today.

𝕏: Internet Archive is being hit again, with a brand new DDOS, which will cause some problems until the staff in California get woken up to start dealing with it. Hopefully the perpetrators remember they forgot to do their essay for class tomorrow and give up the attack. - Jason Scott (@textfiles)

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Google Business Profile chat and call history going away 

By Barry Schwartz via Search Engine Land 

• Google Business Profile will discontinue its chat and call history features on July 31, 2024, with new chats ceasing on July 15, 2024.

• Businesses affected by the shutdown received notifications via email, detailing the closure and emphasizing Google's ongoing commitment to supporting business management.

• Users can download their chat and call history before it is permanently deleted by Google, allowing them to preserve this data externally.

𝕏: Google Business Profile Chat is dead. It's about damn time. - Killed by Google (@killedbygoogle)

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You can now use the Microsoft Copilot bot on Telegram

 By Filipe Espósito via 9to5Mac 

• Microsoft Copilot, a chatbot based on OpenAI's GPT-4, is now accessible via a bot on Telegram, enhancing user interaction within the messaging app.

• The Copilot bot for Telegram allows users to engage in conversations and seek information across various topics; it's available in both mobile and desktop versions of the app.

• Users need to initiate a chat with @CopilotOfficialBot on Telegram to utilize this feature, which currently supports only text-based interactions.

𝕏: Well, this is a first! Microsoft just launched its first @Telegram Bot: Copilot for Telegram, a free AI companion powered by GPT I had to double check that it wasn't fake because the odds of Microsoft doing this were so low, but it's absolutely real - @levelsio (@levelsio)

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Google won't comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation 

By Mia Sato via The Verge 

• A leak of thousands of pages of internal documents potentially exposes Google's search algorithm, offering a detailed view into how the tech giant ranks websites and manages search-related data.

• The leaked information suggests discrepancies between Google's public statements and the actual data and signals used in its search algorithm, raising questions about transparency.

• Despite multiple inquiries, Google has not commented on the leak's legitimacy or the specific content of the documents, as highlighted by SEO expert Rand Fishkin and others in the industry.

𝕏: I, for one, am not letting the leak distract me from AI Overviews… but Google not showing them on my account anymore is another story - Lily Ray (@lilyraynyc)

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US govt sanctions cybercrime gang behind massive 911 S5 botnet 

By Sergiu Gatlan via BleepingComputer 

• The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a cybercrime network linked to the 911 S5 botnet, which misused millions of IP addresses for fraud and threats.

• Sanctions target three individuals and three companies, aiming to disrupt their operations and prevent further cybercrimes.

• All transactions involving the sanctioned parties are now blocked, underscoring the U.S. commitment to combating global cyber threats.

𝕏: Today, [OFAC] designated three individuals, Yunhe Wang, Jingping Liu, and Yanni Zheng, for their activities associated with the malicious botnet tied to the residential proxy service known as 911 S5. - Alexander Leslie (@aejleslie)

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