List of hacker groups
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This is a list of notable hacker groups.
- Anonymous, a group of hackers originating in 2003.
- Chaos Computer Club, is based in Germany and other German-speaking countries. Famous among older hackers.
- Cult of the Dead Cow, also known as cDc or cDc Communications, is a computer hacker and DIY media organization founded in 1984 in Lubbock, Texas.
- Decocidio #Ө is an anonymous, autonomous collective of hacktivists which is part of Earth First!!, a radical environmental protest organisation, and adheres to Climate Justice Action
- DERP A hacker group that attacked several game sites in late 2013.
- Global kOS was a grey hat (leaning black hat) computer hacker group active from 1996 through 2000.
- globalHell was a group of hackers, composed of about 60 individuals. The group disbanded in 1999, when 12 members were prosecuted for computer intrusion and 30 for lesser offences.
- Goatse Security (GoatSec) is a loose-knit, nine-person grey hat hacker group that specializes in uncovering security flaws.
- Hackweiser is an underground hacking group and hacking magazine founded in 1999.
- Honker Union is a group known for hacktivism, mainly present in Mainland China, whose members launched a series of attacks on websites in the United States, mostly government-related sites.
- L0pht, was a hacker collective active between 1992 and 2000 and located in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
- Level Seven was a hacking group during the mid to late 1990s. Eventually dispersing in early 2000 when their nominal leader "vent" was raided by the FBI on February 25, 2000.
- LulzSec, a group of hackers originating and disbanding in 2011 that claimed to hack "for the lulz". Currently broken up.
- Masters of Deception, Dangerous crew involved in hacking E-mail, Banks and Facebook accounts but have no record in stealing private property. Says to be originated from Nepal leaded by one of the dangerous hackers of South Asia known as Jumbo Lama in the computing world. This group is one of the rising prodigies of South Asian hacking.
- milw0rm is a group of "hacktivists" best known for penetrating the computers of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai.
- NCPH is a Chinese hacker group based out of Zigong in Sichuan Province.
- P.H.I.R.M. The PHIRM was an early hacking group which was founded in the early 1980s.
- RedHack is a socialist hacker group based in Turkey, founded in 1997. They usually launch attacks against Turkish government's websites and leak secret documents of Turkish government.
- Syrian Electronic Army is a group that claims responsibility for defacing or otherwise compromising scores of websites that it contends spread news hostile to the Syrian government or fake news
- TeaMp0isoN is a group of black-hat computer hackers established in mid-2009
- TeslaTeam is a group of black-hat computer hackers from Serbia established 2010
- TESO, was a hacker group originating in Austria that was active primarily from 1998 to 2004
- The_Unknowns is a group of white-hat hackers that exploited many high-profiled websites and became very active in 2012 when the group was founded and disbanded.
- UGNazi A hacking group best known for several attacks on US government sites.