They are known to have targeted social media accounts of famous personalities like U.S President Barack Obama and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. 2) Syrian Electronic Army (Supports Bashar-al-Assad)įounded in 2011, there is only one duty of Syrian Electronic Army which is to support Bashar-al-Assad government through launching of cyber attacks involving, phishing, DDoS, malware and spamming. In 2012 Time magazine named “Anonymous” in its list of “100 most influential people” in the world. The famous “operations” conducted by the group include #OpSaudi, #OpParis, #OpISIS, hacking the Pentagon and attacks against Visa, PayPal and Mastercard for refusing payments to Wikileaks.
Initially the group is believed to have a loosely self-agreed goal of entertainment, however beginning with Project Chanology a series of protests Anonymous held against the Church of Scientology in 2008 the group started focussing on a number of international issues involving Islamic State, Wikileaks, Child Pornography, Copyright Protection, Occupy Movement etc.
Known for projecting itself as a vigilante group the members of the group are recognized by The use of Guy Fawkes Mask which seems to be inspired by the movie “V for Vendetta”. It is a leaderless organisation which projects itself as the cyber guardian of human rights and vows to fight against injustice through the weapon of “hacking”. The decentralized group originated in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan. Well, who doesn’t know about the infamous hackers group Anonymous. In this article, we bring to you Top 10 Most Notorious Hacking Groups of All Time 1) Anonymous
Nevertheless, these groups cannot be construed in one particular way as no single definition can claim to explicitly explain the nature of all hacking groups due to significant diversity in their goals, methods and purposes. Countries like Iran, China, USA and North Korea are believed to have constituted official departments for conducting hacking activities. A good number of these hacking groups have received official patronage of their governments to launch cyber attacks on foreign countries. These groups have not only emerged as a nuisance on the internet but have also turned out to be resourceful for many governments. In a last decade or so these groups have gained a lot of importance. Not only professionals but a general internet user is also intrigued by these hacking groups. Hacking groups have always dominated the news in cyber security.