---
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](https://archives.phrack.org).