README.md

metadata

language: en
license: other
task_categories:
  - text-generation
  - text-classification
tags:
  - security
  - hacking
  - phrack
  - infosec
  - corpus
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K

Hacking Text Corpus

A research corpus of historical computer security writings, hacker zines, and hacktivist texts. Built for NLP, text generation, discourse analysis, and security research.

Contents

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

Phineas Fisher (phineas/)

• gamma.txt - Gamma Group / FinFisher hack writeup
• ht.txt - Hacking Team breach writeup
• cayman.txt - Cayman National Bank hack writeup

THC (thc.md)

• The Hacker's Choice tips, tricks & cheat sheet
• ~2,900 lines covering shells, tunneling, pivoting, network tricks

Intended Use

Academic research, NLP training, discourse analysis, security education.

Legal Notice

All texts are publicly available. Copyright remains with original authors. Phrack content sourced from archives.phrack.org.