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Y2K is an Internet aesthetic based around products, styles, and fashion of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The name Y2K is derived from an abbreviation coined by programmer David Eddy for the year 2000 and its potential computer errors .
TeslaTeam is a group of black-hat computer hackers from Serbia established in 2010. TESO was a hacker group originating in Austria that was active primarily from 1998 to 2004. The Unknowns is a group of white-hat hackers that exploited many high-profiled websites and became very active in 2012 when the group was founded and disbanded.
Sandworm is an advanced persistent threat operated by Military Unit 74455, a cyberwarfare unit of the GRU, Russia's military intelligence service. [3] Other names for the group, given by cybersecurity researchers, include APT44, [4] Telebots, Voodoo Bear, IRIDIUM, Seashell Blizzard, [5] and Iron Viking.
Website defacement: Lapsus$ hackers replaced the content of a website. The stereotype of a hacker is an individual working for themself. However, many cyber threats are teams of well-resourced experts. [45] "Growing revenues for cyber criminals are leading to more and more attacks, increasing professionalism and highly specialized attackers.
A security hacker or security researcher is someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network. [1] Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, information gathering, [2] challenge, recreation, [3] or evaluation of a system weaknesses to assist in formulating defenses against potential hackers.
A black hat (black hat hacker or blackhat) is a computer hacker who violates laws or ethical standards for nefarious purposes, such as cybercrime, cyberwarfare, or malice. These acts can range from piracy to identity theft .
The Blink Hacker Group, associating themselves with the Anonymous group, claimed to have hacked the Thailand prison websites and servers. [199] The compromised data has been shared online, with the group claiming that they give the data back to Thailand Justice and the citizens of Thailand as well.
November 24: In response to the release of the film The Interview, the servers of Sony Pictures are hacked by a hacker group calling itself "Guardian of Peace". November 28: The website of the Philippine telecommunications company Globe Telecom was hacked in response to the poor internet service they were distributing. [99]