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This is a partial list of [[Wikipedia:Notability|notable]] [[hacker group]]s., in alphabetical order:

* [[ROCK$TAR (group) |]ROCK$TAR], Founded in 2020, ROCKSTAR was created as a crew for people who fought for the right to privacy.

* [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]], originating in 2003, Anonymous was created as a group for people who fought for the right to privacy.

* [[Anonymous Sudan]], a [[Hacktivism|hacktivist]] group that claims to act against [[anti-Muslim]] activities, but allegedly is Russian backed and neither linked to [[Sudan]] nor [[Anonymous (hacker group)|Anonymous]].

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* [[Hive (ransomware)|Hive]] was a notorious [[ransomware as a service]] (RaaS) criminal organization that targeted mainly public institutions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |date=2023-01-26 |title=US authorities seize servers for Hive ransomware group |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/26/hive-ransomware-servers-seized-us |access-date=2023-06-25 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* [[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.

* [[International Subversives]] was a group of three hackers including [[Julian Assange]] under the name ''Mendax'',<ref name="Khatchadourian2">{{cite magazine |last=Khatchadourian |first=Raffi |date=7 June 2010 |title=No secrets: Julian Assange's mission for total transparency |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/06/07/no-secrets |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |date=2010-07-26 |title=The Man Behind Wikileaks: A Julian Assange Cheat Sheet |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2010/07/the-man-behind-wikileaks-a-julian-assange-cheat-sheet |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |access-date=2022-10-13}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite magazine |last=Greenberg |first=Andy |title=Breaking Down the Hacking Case Against Julian Assange |url=https://www.wired.com/story/julian-assange-arrest-indictment-hacking-cfaa/ |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028 |access-date=2022-10-13}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2011-01-30 |title=Julian Assange: the teen hacker who became insurgent in information war |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jan/30/julian-assange-wikileaks-profile |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":31">{{Cite web |title=The most shocking revelations to come from WikiLeaks |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day-the-most-shocking-revelations-to-come-from-wiki-leaks-210023597.html |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=au.news.yahoo.com |date=3 October 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref> supposedly taken from [[Horace]]'s ''splendide mendax'' (nobly lying)<ref name="Underground2">{{cite book |last1=Dreyfus |first1=Suelette |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whdGAAAACAAJ |title=Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier |year=1997 |publisher=Mandarin |isbn=1-86330-595-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Bustillos, Maria |date=17 June 2013 |title=He Told You So: Julian Assange, the NSA, and Edward Snowden |url=https://psmag.com/news/he-told-you-so-julian-assange-the-nsa-and-edward-snowden-60335 |access-date=16 September 2021 |work=[[Pacific Standard]] |quote=Assange's youthful hacker name was Mendax ('lying'), allegedly from Horace's phrase 'splendide mendax,' or 'nobly lying'.}}</ref><ref name=":20">{{Cite magazine |last=Harrell |first=Eben |date=2010-07-26 |title=Mystery Hacker: Who Is WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange? |url=https://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2006496,00.html |magazine=Time |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X |access-date=2023-02-13}}</ref><ref name=":21">{{Cite web |last=Assange |first=Julian |date=2011-09-21 |title=Julian Assange: 'I am &ndash; like all hackers &ndash; a little bit autistic' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/julian-assange-i-am-ndash-like-all-hackers-ndash-a-little-bit-autistic-2358654.html |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> and two others, known as "Trax" and "Prime Suspect" who regularly hacked into corporations like [[Nortel]] and systems belonging to a "who’s who of the U.S. [[Military–industrial complex|military-industrial complex]]".<ref name="Khatchadourian">{{cite magazine |last=Khatchadourian |first=Raffi |date=7 June 2010 |title=No secrets: Julian Assange's mission for total transparency |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/06/07/no-secrets |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="Underground">{{cite book |last1=Dreyfus |first1=Suelette |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whdGAAAACAAJ |title=Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier |year=1997 |publisher=Mandarin |isbn=1-86330-595-5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Julian Assange: The man who exposed the world |url=https://www.macleans.ca/society/technology/a-man-of-many-secrets/ |website=Macleans}}</ref>

* [[Iranian Cyber Army]] unofficially confirmed to be connected to government.

* [[Islamic State Hacking Division]], a Jihadist hacking group associated with the [[Islamic State]].

* [[IT Army of Ukraine]] is a volunteer cyberwarfare organisation created amidst the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].

* [[Killnet]] is a pro-Russian group that attacked several countries' government institutions and attempted to [[DDoS]] the [[2022 Eurovision Song Contest]] website.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Russian hackers declare war on 10 countries after failed Eurovision DDoS attack |url=https://www.techcentral.ie/russian-hackers-declare-war-on-10-countries-after-failed-eurovision-ddos-attack/ |date=2022-05-16 |access-date=2022-05-22 |publisher=techcentral.ie}}</ref>

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* [[Legion Hacktivist Group]], a hacking group that hijacked the Indian Yahoo server and hacked online news portals of India.

* [[Level Seven (hacking group)|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.

* [[Lizard Squad]], known for their claims of [[denial-of-service attack#Distributed attacks|distributed denial-of-service]] (DDoS) attacks<ref>{{cite news | url=httphttps://ukwww.businessinsider.com/lizard-squad-hack-playstation-and-xbox-2014-12?r=US | title=How A Hacker Gang Saved Christmas For Video Game Players Everywhere | work=Business Insider | access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> primarily to disrupt gaming-related services. Currently broken up.

* [[Lords of Dharmaraja]], an India based [[security hacking]] group which threatened in 2012 to release the [[source code]] of [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]]'s product [[Norton Antivirus]].

* [[LulzSec]], a group of hackers originating and disbanding in 2011 that claimed to hack "for the lulz".

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* [[Mazafaka (hacker group)|Mazafaka]], financially motivated group and [[crime forum]].

* [[milw0rm]] is a group of "hacktivists" best known for penetrating the computers of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai.

* [[Mysterious Team Bangladesh]], a hacktivist collective found in mid-2020

* [[Network Crack Program Hacker (NCPH) Group|NCPH]] is a Chinese hacker group based out of Zigong in Sichuan Province.

* [[Noisebridge]], a [[hackerspace]] located in [[San Francisco]] which goes by the early definition of [[Hacker culture|hacking]] and not [[security hacking]].

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* [[Sandworm (hacker group)|Sandworm]], also known as Unit 74455, a Russian cyber military unit of the [[GRU (G.U.)|GRU]].

* [[The Shadow Brokers]] (TSB), originating in summer 2016. They published several leaks containing hacking tools, including several [[Zero-day (computing)|zero-day exploits]] of the National Security Agency (NSA).

* [[ShinyHunters]] is a Hacker Group that is said to be responsible for numerous [[data breach]]es in 2020 and 2021.

* [[TeaMp0isoN]] is a group of black-hat computer hackers established in mid-2009.

* [[Telecomix]], a [[Hacktivism|hacktivist]] group mainly known for circumventing [[internet censorship]] during multiple political events.

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* [[Vice Society]], a Russian-speaking hacker group known for attacks on healthcare and education organizations

* [[Wizard Spider]] Russian / Ukrainian hacker group, suspected of being behind the Ireland [[Health Service Executive cyberattack]], sometimes called [[Trickbot]] per the malware.

* [[Yemen Cyber Army]], a pro-[[Yemeni]] hacker group that has claimed responsibility for the [[Website defacement|defacement]] of the [[London]]-based pro-[[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] [[Al-Hayat]] website in April 2015, as well as the exfiltration of data from the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)|Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] in May subsequently listed on [[WikiLeaks]].

* [[Youth International Party|YIPL/TAP]] - ''Youth International Party Line'' or ''Technological Assistance Program'', was an early [[phone phreak]] organization and publication created in the 1970s by activists [[Abbie Hoffman]].

* [[Xbox Underground]], an international group responsible for hacking game developers, including [[Microsoft]].