Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today
Behind the complaints: Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today November 13, 2025 5 min read 14 Nov 2025 UPD: We have updated the article with more information on the bailiff reports sent to us and the person who ordered them. The FBI has been investigating Archive.is (also known as Archive.today), as was recently revealed. The agency issued a subpoena to the site’s domain registrar, asking for information about the person behind it, citing a “federal criminal investigation.” Archive.is was launched in 2012 by someone using the name Denis Petrov — though whether that’s their real identity remains unclear. The site lets users save “snapshots” of web pages by submitting URLs, which makes it a valuable tool for preserving content that might…
