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This is a partial list of notable hacker groups, in alphabetical order: Anonymous , originating in 2003, Anonymous was created as a group for people who fought for the right to privacy. Anonymous Sudan , founded in 2023, a hacktivist group that claims to act against anti-Muslim activities, but allegedly is Russian backed and neither linked to ...
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Jeremy Alexander Hammond [9] was born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Glendale Heights, Illinois, with his twin brother Jason. [2] [10] Hammond became interested in computers at an early age, programming video games in QBasic by age eight, and building databases by age thirteen.
A hack that caused a small Texas town’s water system to overflow in January has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the latest case of a U.S. public utility becoming a target of ...
Hacker groups provided access to information and resources, and a place to learn from other members. [1] Hackers could also gain credibility by being affiliated with an elite group. [ 1 ] The names of hacker groups often parody large corporations, governments, police and criminals; [ 2 ] and often used specialized orthography .
Perhaps the most prolific and well known hacktivist group, Anonymous has been prominent and prevalent in many major online hacks over the past decade. Anonymous is a decentralized group that originated on the forums of 4chan during 2003, but didn't rise to prominence until 2008 when they directly attacked the Church of Scientology in a massive ...
~el8 was one of the first anti-security hacktivist groups. The group waged war on the security industry with their popular assault known as "pr0j3kt m4yh3m". pr0j3kt m4yh3m was announced in the second issue of ~el8. The idea of the project was to eliminate all public outlets of security news and exploits.
The extensive list also included ages, phone numbers, addresses and even credit card information. Anonymous threatened to expose the identity of thousands of KKK members earlier this week.