Hacker groups are informal communities that began to flourish in the early 1980s, with the advent of the
home computer.
Overview
Prior to that time, the term ''hacker'' was simply a referral to any
computer hobbyist. The hacker groups were out to make names for themselves, and were often spurred on by their own press. This was a heyday of hacking, at a time before there was much law against
computer crime
A cybercrime is a crime that involves a computer or a computer network.Moore, R. (2005) "Cyber crime: Investigating High-Technology Computer Crime," Cleveland, Mississippi: Anderson Publishing. The computer may have been used in committing the ...
. Hacker groups provided
access to information
Access may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* ACCESS (Australia), an Australian youth network
* Access (credit card), a former credit card in the United Kingdom
* Access Co., a Japanese software company
* Access Healthcare, an Indian BPO se ...
and resources, and a place to learn from other members.
Hackers could also gain credibility by being affiliated with an elite group.
The names of hacker groups often parody large corporations, governments, police and criminals;
and often used specialized
orthography.
See also
*
List of hacker groups
This is a partial list of notable hacker groups.
* Anonymous, originating in 2003, Anonymous was created as a group for people who fought for the right to privacy.
* Bangladesh Black Hat Hackers, founded in 2012.
* Cozy Bear, a Russian hacker g ...
References
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Underground computer groups