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Empire Hacking / Hack Forums hacktivist ecosystemHACK-EMPIRE-HACKER hacktivist
🇺🇸 US
aka Empire Hacking / Hack Forums hacktivist ecosystem, Hack Forums hacktivism, Empire hacking US ecosystem
Last updated: 2026-07-03
0attributed CVEs
0ATT&CK techniques
0.0IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
—years active
About this actor
Loose US-affiliated hacker forum ecosystem; produces episodic hacktivist defacement campaigns against US state/local government sites + university sites. Not a single group; representative of the long tail of low-skill US hacktivism not captured by named collectives.
Activity timeline
No activity events recorded.
Profile
| CVE | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | Published | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No attributed CVEs. | |||||
No techniques attributed.
Co-occurring actors
None.
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