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The Official Groups of Hack Forums - Grievοus - Nov 18, 2015

The Official Groups of Hack Forums


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Legend
You can now click on the groups you want to view or learn about.

Null and Echo
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Specialists and Red Lions
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Riptide and Dawn
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Enigma and Fusion
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Squad and The Order
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Titans and The Brotherhood
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Eternal and Royalty
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Legends and HFNT(Hack Forums News Team)
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Changelog and Group History
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Unofficial Groups
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This thread details the official groups of Hack Forums and their history. If you've spotted a change in a group which isn't listed on this thread or noticed an inconsistency, please post!

You can now click on a group name in the timeline to be taken to its article on the HF Wiki.
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Groups for Sale
Null Sales Thread
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Owner: Nobility
Leaders: Dubitus™ • Escrow • Avunit
Past Leaders: Soccer • Ixaris • T3h Hack3r • Shanks • Vinnie • Th3PonyWizard
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"Null is the name; security is our game."


Formed on January 27th, 2014, Null is focused around hacking and cyber security.

Status of Recruitment: Recruitment is closed as of November 21st, 2015.
Timeline: The Alliance -> Null
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Owner: Arrow
Leaders: haydrazs • Funtage • Aurora • Moeseph
Past Leaders: The Sky Daddy • Bonfire. • Understalker • Tommy
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"A lounge group."


Echo started as a group focused on server stress-testing, but later amended its purpose as a 'lounge group'. The group was formed on January 11th, 2015. No other information is available at this time.

Status of Recruitment: Recruitment is open as of November 8th, 2015.
Timeline: Reverence -> Respawn -> Innovation -> Respawn -> Enterprise -> Echo

* - Grievοus - Nov 18, 2015

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Owner: Bull™
Leaders: The Grim
Past Leaders: Understalker • zSerity • Tɦɛ Gʀiɱ • Shanks • Aceman • Vinnie • Soccer • KillαMuvz • AnonNinja™ • ๖ۣۜRaymond Reddington
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"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 after being purchased for approximately $7,100 in Bitcoin. It has launched several help desks and covers a wide range of topics with of coders, designers, marketeers, hackers, and more. While the group does not focus on one specific niche, it believes that having the best of the best in each field will make them even stronger.

Status of Recruitment: Recruitment is closed
Timeline: Graphic Masters -> Fly By Night -> Specialists
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Owner: nokia2mon2
Leaders: iHydra • !!* Alone Vampire !!
Past Leaders: Hуѕтєяιa X™ • Wolves • Morchid • `P R O D I G Y™ • Pinterest • Glassy
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"This 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 so a drop shadow to the usernames of members of the group was added - it is the only usergroup to feature bespoke username styling. Before the introduction of the official Deal Dispute Database, the group was in charge of the Red Lions Scammer Database: a list of user-submitted scammers.

The group was formed in January of 2011 under the sole leadership of nokia2mon2. Over 100 member upgrades have been made in the name of the group to date. Its current leaders, iHydra and !! Alone Vampire *!!, have recently been appointed to restart the group.

Status of recruitment: Recruitment is closed as of October 1st, 2015.
Timeline: Red Lions

* - Grievοus - Nov 18, 2015


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Owner: Glitch
Leaders: Fiber • Clique • Zexo • prada
Past Leaders:
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"The waves clash by the eye of the shore, thus the tide is born."


Riptide is a group which captures the entire spectrum of art. Riptide welcomes all who posses skill or passion in visual works (photography, drawing, cinematic), musical works (instrumental, vocal, compositions),
written works (poetry, songwriting, rap), and all other forms of art. If you are affiliated in any of the
forms of art, then you have a chance at being accepted into the group.

Status of recruitment: The group is recruiting.

Timeline: Eminence -> WiFi Gang -> Legacy -> The Lannisters -> *#@?&%! -> Nightfall -> Instinct -> Axiom -> Riptide
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Owner: Ninetales.
Leaders: Water Aura • ๖ۣۜInfamy • Ariana • Night Fury
Past Leaders: None
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"To teach, you must first learn."


Dawn is a group primarily based on elevating one's understanding and contributing to the community. The group was formed in December of 2015 following the sale of Archive.

Status of recruitment: Recruitment is closed.
Timeline: Propitious -> Infamous I -> Zero -> Archive -> Dawn

* - Grievοus - Nov 18, 2015

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Owner: zSerity
Leaders: Magicmann • Ginsum • Realizm • ɅʁɱªÐą • Nine.
Past Leaders: None
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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."


The group acts as a unification of knowledge, cooperation, development, and utilization of all aspects in regards to technology, and technological advancement. The group was rebranded from Crypto to Engima on December 9th, 2015.

Status of recruitment:: Recruitment is closed.
Timeline: Blackshades -> Valor -> Terror -> Black Diamond -> Dynasty -> Polymath -> Crypto -> Enigma
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Owner: Raptor.
Leaders: Divined • Euxine
Past Leaders: None
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"Fusion is a gaming group with two teams battling against each other in tournaments, will Team Orange or Team Blue prevail?"


Fusion is a gaming group with two teams battling against each other in tournaments, will Team Orange or Team Blue prevail?

Status of recruitment: The group is closed.
Timeline: Serenity -> Beacon -> Guardians -> Skill -> The Republic -> Miners -> Studio -> AnimeFAN! -> Fusion

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Owner: Divined
Leaders: - Sam -
Past Leaders: None
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Squad is a group which is based around making money online. It's main goal is to gather individuals which are skilled in all possible domains and combining them for the greater cause, which is earning money. A key asset you need to have to be able to join this group is co-operating with other people in a friendly matter.


Status of recruitment: Recruitment is open.
Timeline: Coders -> Logic -> The Angels -> The Void -> Nexus -> L'appel du Vide -> The Black Lodge
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Owner: Krave
Leaders: Narrate • Regulus
Past Leaders: None
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"What the mind can conceive, it can achieve. "


The Order is a group based around a unknown subject and is currently in closed recruitment. What it will be? Who knows. We shall way to find out.

Status of Recruitment: Recruitment is open.
Timeline: The Empire -> Revolution -> Fortune -> Pirates -> Dark -> The Order

* - Grievοus - Nov 18, 2015

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Owner: Realizm
Leaders: iHydra • Prada
Past Leaders: Errors • Froggy • Happeh
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"- .. - .- -. ..."


Titans is a usergroup with a goal of hosting fun and interesting events for the members of Hack Forums. They have previously organized and hosted scavenger hunts, casinos, and more. Its description, "- .. - .- -. ..." is morse code for "TITANS". The group was originally known as Complexity, but was purchased for approximately $8,000. iNviZ sold Infamous (the original) to become Zero. It was then changed to Complexity and again to become Infamous II.

Status of recruitment: Recruitment is open as of August 2nd, 2015.
Timeline: Complexity -> Infamous II -> Titans
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Owner: Cryptic™
Leaders: illuminati▲ • -Hyperion
Past Leaders: Connected • -Nas • 'Snorlax • xflat • Aura • Roger Waters • Red Sox
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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."


The group was initially invitation only, but opened recruitment due to many forum members' interest in joining the group. We understand from public announcements by the leaders it is due a restart. It was formerly known as the Marketers, until it was closed due to members' involvement in massive thread-push abuse. It was purchased by Cryptic™ and remained a blank group for roughly a month until June of 2013.

Status of recruitment: Recruitment is open:
Timeline: The Marketers -> The Brotherhood

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Owner: ๖ۣۜNex
Leaders: • Young Thug • YoungThug.
Past Leaders: Fiz
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"Eternal is a global conglomerate of skilled marketers and businessmen."


Eternal is comprised of some of the most talented and skilled businessmen and marketers.

Status of recruitment: Recruitment is opened.
Timeline: 143 -> Phoenix -> Debug -> Divine -> Prism -> Eternal
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Owner: Cibor
Leaders: Grievous • Fiber
Past Leaders: _r00t
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"Loyal and royal marketers."


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. No other information is available at this time.

Status of recruitment: Recruitment is open as of August 14th, 2015.
Timelime: D.S. Inc -> Techsperts -> The Corporation -> Legion -> Royalty

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Owner: ๖ۣۜRaymond Reddington
Leaders: Bull™
Past Leaders: MeshCollider • ɅʁɱªÐą
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"Others toil their entire lives to make a name for themselves, some are just born LEGENDS."


Legends is a diverse group not fixed on a particular agenda. Marketing, programming, hacking, you name it - but only people who make the cut will be accepted. They strive to contribute, teach and learn as individuals, but do not consider prestige or reputation to increase any chances of getting in Legends.

The group was formed on September of 2015 after being purchased as a new slot (in place of Illuminati) for approximately $8,500 and recruitment was opened its first day.

Status of recruitment: Recruitment is open as of February 18th, 2016.
Timeline: Illuminati -> Legends
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Owner: Omniscient
Leaders: Ethereal • iHydra
Past Leaders: itylernallen • D3xus • Viral Dragon • Sir
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"This is the official group for HF Writers that work on HF News, HF Wiki, and HF Docs."


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 public. 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 led by Ethereal.

Status of recruitment: Recruitment for the Wiki Team is open as of July 14th, 2015.
Recruitment for the Writer Team is closed as of December 20th, 2015.
Timeline: Writ3rs

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Credits
This thread would not have been possible without the following people:
  • D3xus for creating the original thread and his amazing work to keep it updated.

  • Roger Waters for sending the old groups PSD with some group banners/userbars.

  • ӍeshCollider for pointing out bugs with the old groups image.

  • !!* Alone Vampire *!! for creating room for the new unofficial groups section.

  • Chase for updating the group PSD



ChangelogSpoiler (Click to View)


Below is a compilation of all the groups in HF history. Whether they were retired, sold, or deleted, they're all present.

Some notes:
  • Each group's branding shown here was that used by the group at the time if closing. If a group had multiple userbars, they are also displayed.

  • Group descriptions are verbatim and in present tense - directly quoted from official recruitment/introduction threads.

  • Recorded as an image since old groups cannot change and there's a 15 image limit per post.

  • The first leader in the leader list was the owner of the group.

  • Froggy is the best user on this forum. She is a leader in all groups.



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* - Grievοus - Nov 18, 2015

The following section covers the unofficial groups of Hack Forums. Groups listed here have made themselves known in some way across the forum, which is why there are so few. Groups are added when I feel they have proven themselves i.e. at my discretion.

Information on these groups is generally scarce so I've gathered up what I could. If you are an owner of a group listed here and wish to correct or contribute to your listing then please post on the thread.



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Founder: Dubitus™
Leaders: Unknown
Past Leaders: Tokyo

-Official description unavailable-


The Black Hand was launched as a countermeasure against the wave of scammers late in the year of 2014. It offered proven victims the opportunity to take revenge on those who cheated them and possibly recover some of their lost goods.

It proved popular very quickly after taking out many high profile scammers and released a handbook on how to recover information as well as protecting your identity online.

The group then became a subsidiary of Null, an official usergroup.

Status of Recruitment: Recruitment is open as of January 20th, 2015.



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Founder: Tony Stark
Leaders: .Sinister • Pentatonix
Past Leaders: Unknown

"HF Live is a community radio station for HackForums streaming 24/7!"


One of the more unique groups on the forum, HF Live was created with the sole purpose of providing a continuous stream of music and entertainment for its listeners. There are also presenters hosting talks and discussions on the latest happenings around HF.

Status of Recruitment: Recruitment is open as of July 13th, 2015.


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Founder: Zayne
Leaders: Unknown
Past Leaders: schmidt73 • Sky

"Pernicious Developers is a 2+ years old group of selected individuals who share the same interests related to security."


The group claims to focus on web hacking, server hacking, development of malware, development of payloads, and development of exploits. We focus on all aspects of hacking with the exception being RATs and Botnets as we consider those to be tools. Not much else is known about the group. One of its members hijacked the executive accounts of Hack Forums' rival, VHF.

Status of Recruitment: Recruitment is closed as of September 30th, 2015.

* - neiqhtworks - Nov 18, 2015

Another? What the hell..

If it's still under construction and you want this removed pm me.

* - Fish - Nov 18, 2015

(Nov 18, 2015 01:54 PM)Neiqhter Wrote:  Another? What the hell..

If it's still under construction and you want this removed pm me.

Nah, he finished it already. He made it in the group subform

* - Grievοus - Nov 18, 2015

(Nov 18, 2015 01:54 PM)Neiqhter Wrote:  Another?

Sadly Odus has moved on to other things and has granted me the permission to overtake his responsibility of running this informational thread.

* - Odus - Nov 18, 2015

Roses is carrying this on from me, in case any of you were wondering.

GL Roses. :)

* - ⁠Cammy - Nov 18, 2015

Oh look, it's this thread again