This thread details the official groups of Hack Forums.
If you see anything that needs changing let me know.

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Null is the name; security is our game

Owner: Nobility

Leaders: Dubitus™, Escrow & Th3PonyWizard

Past Leaders: Soccer, Ixaris, T3h Hack3r, Shanks & Vinnie

Null is a group centered on white hat security. Null is the name; security is our game.
The group was formed on January 27th, 2014, after having been purchased from Paradoxum.
Status of Recruitment: Ownership of the group was transferred wholly to Nobility. The group's plans for the future have yet to be publicly revealed.

Timeline: The Alliance -> Null

A lounge group

Owner: Arrow

Leaders:

Past Leaders: The Sky Daddy, Bonfire., Understalker, Haydrazs & Tommy

Echo is a self described "lounge group".
The group was formed on January 11th, 2015, after its owner, Astonish, sold the group to Arrow.
Status of Recruitment: Recruitment is unknown, as of Now.

Timeline: Reverence -> Respawn -> Innovation -> Respawn -> Enterprise -> Echo

The Specialist is a group consisting of substantiated individuals who have achieved outstanding success and shown passion towards their own field of expertise.

Owner: Bull™

Leaders: KillaMuvz & AnonNinja™

Past Leaders: Understalker, zSerity, Tɦɛ Gʀiɱ, Shanks, Aceman & Vinnie

Specialists is a group consisting of substantiated individuals who have achieved outstanding success and shown passion towards their own field of expertise. The group has multiple sectors focused on topics representative of its members' fields of expertise.
The group was formed on September 8th, 2014, having previously been the Fly By Night. The group was purchased from Sai by Bull™ for approximately $7,100 in BTC.
Status of Recruitment: Recruitment is open as of September 3rd 2015.

Timeline: Graphic Masters -> Fly By Night -> Specialists

This is nokia2mon2's special group that he controls.

Owner: nokia2mon2

Leaders: iHydra & !!* Alone Vampire *!!

Past Leaders: Hуѕтєяιa X™, Wolves, Morchid, `P R O D I G Y™, Pinterest & Glassy

The Red Lions is nokia2mon2's special group that he controls. The group was formed as a result of multiple significant donations made by nokia2mon2. He has donated over $10,000 in the name of the group, and has his own award, the Heart of a Lion. The most recent of which prompted Omniscient to add a drop shadow to the usernames of members of the group. The Red Lions and the Reviewers are the only usergroups to have a special username effect. Before the introduction of Omniscient's Deal Dispute Database, the group was in charge of the Red Lions Scammer Database, a list of user-submitted scammers on the forum.
The group was formed in January of 2011 under the sole leadership of nokia2mon2. Many donations have been made in the name of the group, and over 100 member upgrades have been made in the name of the group to date. For a while, two members spearheaded leadership within the group and that of the Black Knights, Hуѕтєяιa X™ and Wolves (nokia2mon2 was inactive.) Eventually, Wolves resigned from leadership as did Hуѕтєяιa X™. Leadership of the group was passed onto Glassy and Morchid. Morchid's account was closed and his leadership removed after a dispute with a staff member. Today, nokia2mon2 leads the group.
Status of recruitment: Recruitment is open, as of September 2nd, 2015.

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Something worthy. A premise or starting point.

Owner: Icy

Leaders: Red Sox

Past Leaders: Salty Bacon

Axiom is a gaming group that seeks to fill the void left by Instinct, in terms of laid-back gaming groups. It is described as "a re-brand of Instinct, which was a group dedicated towards the gaming community of Hack Forums. We enjoy getting together on Skype and Teamspeak; we also enjoy to play games with one another and to relax in the Sub-Forum together."
The group was formed on July 21st, 2015 when Icy purchased Instinct from Vinnie.
Status of recruitment: The following recruitment/sales threads are open:

• [OFFICIAL] Axiom - Xbox - Official Recruitment
  
• [OFFICIAL] Axiom - Playstation - Official Recruitment
  
• [OFFICIAL] Axiom - Official Hackforums Group Buy-Ins Thread
  
• [OFFICIAL] Axiom - Recruitment Phase 2
  

Timeline: Eminence -> WiFi Gang -> Legacy -> The Lannisters -> *#@?&%! -> Nightfall -> Instinct -> Axiom

Archive is a group based around teaching and learning.

Owner: Tommy

Leaders: xadamxk & Odus

Past Leaders: None

Archive is a group based around teaching and learning. You must learn before you can teach. And Archive hopes to do just that for the community; by supporting and teaching other members of Hack Forums. Although we aren't focusing on any specific niche, our goal is to better the community as a whole.
The group was formed in May 2015, having been purchased from Syrah when it was known as Zero.
Status of recruitment: Recruitment is closed as of August 1st, 2015.

Timeline: Propitious -> Infamous I -> Zero -> Archive

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A unification of sophisticated individuals who share a keen interest in cryptocurrency, currency exchanging, and helping the community of Hack Forums.

Owner: zSerity

Leaders: Λaron, Ventures, Business & Magicmann

Past Leaders: None

Crypto is a unification of sophisticated individuals who share a keen interest in cryptocurrency, currency exchanging, and helping the community of Hack Forums. They operate a currency exchange and engage with the financial community of Hack Forums, particularly in the areas of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Litecoin, and more.
The group was purchased from Lani on May 18th, 2015 for $7,000 BTC when it was known as Polymath.
Status of recruitment:: Recruitment is closed, as of July 23rd, 2015.

Timeline: Blackshades -> Valor -> Terror -> Black Diamond -> Dynasty -> Polymath -> Crypto

A group that engages in active discussions about Anime, Manga, Visual Novels and the Japanese culture.

Owner: Assault

Leaders: Tweety.

Past Leaders: None

AnimeFAN! is one of the oldest groups of members on Hack Forums which had dozens of members coming and going. AnimeFAN! is a group of individuals who share the same interests; Anime, Manga and the Japanese culture. Our interests brings us together allowing us to participate in dozens of fun group activities.
The group was formed on January 12th, 2015, after its owners, Assault and Tweety, changed the group from Studio.
Status of recruitment: The group is for sale.

Timeline: Serenity -> Beacon -> Guardians -> Skill -> The Republic -> Miners -> Studio -> AnimeFAN!

Call of the Void

Owner: Hexicidal

Leaders: Phenomenal, Nobility, Realizm, Mr Mc Epic & The Judge

Past Leaders: iElement, Kosmos, Bandors, Ty ™, iKinky, Jason™, Frostix, Saturlights, Cyph Jr, Vinnie & Happeh

L'appel du vide (French for 'Call of the Void'- a reference to a former identity of the group), is a group of sophisticated individuals: we hold our own. A standard that has yet to be defined; we continue our advance towards infinity. While some dust may linger in our wake, swiftly it will be swept aside. No longer will mediocrity be standard while we exist.
The group was formerly known as Nexus until its owner, Hexicidal, changed it to reflect its current topic.
Status of recruitment: The group is for sale.

Timeline: Coders -> Logic -> The Angels -> The Void -> Nexus -> L'appel du Vide

Pirates, is a group of adventurers who sail the Seven Seas in pursuit of great knowledge of any type and friends from any kind.

Owner: beslim

Leaders: Razor & eCoLoGy

Past Leaders: None

Pirates is a group of adventurers who sail the Seven Seas in pursuit of great knowledge of any type and friends from any kind.
The group was originally known as Fortune, but was changed by the owner beslim to reflect a new direction for the group.
Status of Recruitment: Recruitment is closed.

Timeline: The Empire -> Revolution -> Fortune -> Pirates

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Owner: Realizm

Leaders: iHydra, Prada & Happeh

Past Leaders: Errors & Froggy

Titans is a group based around rising to the occasion, having fun, and learning. Titans will be run completely differently from any group you've seen on Hack Forums, and to find out more, you'll just have to be accepted to the group.
The group was originally known as Complexity, but was purchased from Judge Dredd for approximately $8,000.
Status of recruitment: Recruitment is open, as of August 2nd, 2015.

Timeline: Complexity -> Infamous II -> Titans
Note: iNviZ sold Infamous I (the original Infamous) to become Zero. Judge Dredd changed Complexity to become Infamous II (the second Infamous), which he later sold to become Titans.

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The Brotherhood is an organization of individuals who are bound by loyalty to exercise their skills, knowledge, and time, which will encourage the acts of assisting oneself and others.

Owner: Cryptic™

Leaders: Roger Waters

Past Leaders: Connected, -Nas, 'Snorlax, xflat & Aura

The Brotherhood is an organization of individuals who are bound by loyalty to exercise their skills, knowledge, and time, which will encourage the acts of assisting oneself and others. The group was initially invitation only, but opened recruitment due to many forum members' interest in joining the group.
The group was formerly known as the Marketers, until it was closed due to members' involvement in massive thread bum ping. It was purchased by Cryptic and remained a blank group for approximately a month, until June of 2013.
In November of 2013, the group had plans to sell to another member and become something else, but they ended when the member xflat purchased Connected's leadership in the group.
Status of recruitment: Recruitment is closed, as of August 17th. The group also sends invitations to members they deem worthy.

Timeline: The Marketers -> Brotherhood

Coding complements marketing in an unparalleled fusion.

Owner: ๖ۣۜNex

Leaders: Angel Beats, Raymond Reddington, Dr.Watson & W̴̵̶̷̸̸̷̶̵̴̨̧̧̨̛̛̠̲͇αя∂σω

Past Leaders: None

Divine Divine is a new group that focuses on coding and marketing. For this recruitment we are looking for programmers and coders. Divine currently has many talented coders in it. You will also have a requirement, if we accept you, before you are invited into Divine.[/i]

The group was formed on February 26th, 2015, after Omniscient sold the group slot of Phoenix formerly owned by Tibit.
Status of recruitment: Recruitment is closed, as of September 2nd, 2015.

Timeline: 143 -> Phoenix -> Debug > Divine

Loyal and royal marketers.

Owner: Cibor

Leaders: None

Past Leaders: None

Royalty is a group focused on the marketplace and offers several benefits to its members." It appears to be a marketing and finance based group.
The group was formed on July 13th, 2015, after its owner won the Omnicoin group auction hosted by Omniscient.
Status of recruitment: Recruitment is open, as of August 14th, 2015.

Timelime: Royalty

Owner: Omniscient

Leaders: Ethereal & iHydra

Past Leaders: itylernallen, Omniscient, D3xus, Viral Dragon & Douchebag #145
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The Writ3rs are the third of official HF groups created by Omniscient for site purposes. This group is broken down into two factions: the HF News Team, who manage the HF News weekly periodical and the HF Wiki Team, the group of members who are in charge of the official Hack Forums Wiki, which is now publicly available. The News Team is led by iHydra, having been founded by the ex-staff member Yin,. The Wiki Team was founded by itylernallen and is currently being led by Ethereal.
Status of recruitment: Recruitment for the Wiki Team is open, as of July 14th, 2015.

Timeline: Writ3rs

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