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 th ...
. Hacker groups provided
access to information 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
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List of hacker groups
References
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Underground computer groups