| | --- |
| | language: en |
| | license: other |
| | task_categories: |
| | - text-generation |
| | - text-classification |
| | tags: |
| | - security |
| | - hacking |
| | - phrack |
| | - infosec |
| | - corpus |
| | size_categories: |
| | - 1K<n<10K |
| | --- |
| | |
| | # Hacking Text Corpus |
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| | A research corpus of historical computer security writings, hacker zines, and hacktivist texts. Built for NLP, text generation, discourse analysis, and security research. |
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| | ## Contents |
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| | ### Phrack Magazine (`phrack/`) |
| | - **72 issues** (1985-2024), **1,026 articles** |
| | - ~55 MB of raw text, ~4.76 million words |
| | - Organized as `phrack/issue{N}/{article}.txt` |
| | - Topics: exploit development, reverse engineering, networking, phreaking, hacker culture, OS internals |
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| | ### Phineas Fisher (`phineas/`) |
| | - `gamma.txt` - Gamma Group / FinFisher hack writeup |
| | - `ht.txt` - Hacking Team breach writeup |
| | - `cayman.txt` - Cayman National Bank hack writeup |
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| | ### unfz (`unfz.txt`) |
| | - Hacker zine / writings from unfz |
| | - Underground hacker culture, techniques, and philosophy |
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| | ### THC (`thc.md`) |
| | - The Hacker's Choice tips, tricks & cheat sheet |
| | - ~2,900 lines covering shells, tunneling, pivoting, network tricks |
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| | ## Intended Use |
| | Academic research, NLP training, discourse analysis, security education. |
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| | ## Legal Notice |
| | All texts are publicly available. Copyright remains with original authors. Phrack content sourced from [archives.phrack.org](https://archives.phrack.org). |
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