The (Nearly) Definitive *hack* Newsgroup List

[Based on the 5/02/'04 active newsgroups list from ISC.org]

(Note: this ignores some groups like alt.fan.tonya-harding.whack.whack.whack on the ISC.org list. Also note that this is not an endorsement of all of these groups, it's just a list.)

alt.aol.hacking
alt.asshole-factory.hackers.malicious
alt.asshole.factory.hackers.malicious
alt.binaries.hackers.malicious
alt.binaries.hacking.beginner
alt.binaries.hacking.computers
alt.binaries.hacking.talentless.troll-haven
alt.binaries.hacking.talentless.troll_haven
alt.binaries.hacking.the.saint.is.braindead
alt.binaries.hacking.utilities
alt.binaries.hacking.websites
alt.binaries.multimedia.hack (new)
alt.binaries.warez.quebec-hackers
alt.binaries.warez.quebec-hackers.d
alt.bio.hackers
alt.comp.hacking.social-engineering.chloroform
alt.comp.hacking.social-engineering.knockout-drops
alt.comp.hacking.social-engineering.misc
alt.comp.hacking.social-engineering.sex
alt.comp.hacking.social-engineering.truth-serum
alt.comp.hacking.social-engineering.window-peeking
alt.dbs.echostar.hack
alt.dss.hack
alt.es.hackers
alt.es.hackers.hardware
alt.es.hackers.passwords
alt.es.hackers.software
alt.fan.b9.expert-hacker
alt.hack
alt.hack.tr
alt.hacker (the best one, IMHO)
alt.hacker.avatar
alt.hacker.org-gcf
alt.hackers
alt.hackers.abi
alt.hackers.anti-pedo
alt.hackers.anti-pedos
alt.hackers.attila_hack
alt.hackers.cough.cough.cough
alt.hackers.cough.cough.cough1
alt.hackers.crybabies
alt.hackers.debate
alt.hackers.discuss
alt.hackers.friggenbozo
alt.hackers.groups
alt.hackers.groups.lod
alt.hackers.groups.moderated
alt.hackers.hackerzlair
alt.hackers.malicious
alt.hackers.malicious.binaries
alt.hackers.wicked-samurai
alt.hackers.wickedsamuria
alt.hacking
alt.hacking.advanced
alt.hacking.in.progress
alt.hackintosh
alt.hackintosh.mp0werd
alt.hackintosh.serials
alt.hacknirvana
alt.hr.ml.hack
alt.irc.hackers_uk
alt.irc.hacking
alt.irc.hacku
alt.irc.subcrew.hackers
alt.it.hackers (new)
alt.japanese.neojapan.hackers.nifty
alt.japanese.neojapan.hackers.pay-site
alt.japanese.neojapan.hackers.swpw
alt.japanese.neojapan.hackintosh
alt.media.dvd.hack.* (there are a bunch of these)
alt.nl.binaries.hack
alt.no-advertising.files.warez.unix.hack-phreak
alt.no-advertising.files.warez.win-95.hack-phreak
alt.no-advertising.hack-phreak.system-75
alt.os.free_dos.hacking
alt.pl.comp.os.hacking
alt.pl.comp.os.hacking.cracki
alt.pl.comp.os.hacking.cracki.poszukuje
alt.pl.comp.os.hacking.faq
alt.pl.comp.os.hacking.filozofia
alt.pl.comp.os.hacking.gumisie
alt.pl.comp.os.hacking.pomidor
alt.pl.comp.os.hacking.the.planet.and.something
alt.pl.comp.os.hacking.w.sensie.dobra
alt.pl.comp.os.hacking.w.sensie.zla.czyli.wlamywanie.itp
alt.stupidity.hackers.malicious
bih.alt.hack
cn.bbs.comp.hacker (new)
es.comp.hackers
fido7.dig.hacker
fido7.hacking
fido7.pvt.hackers
fido7.ru.hacker
fido7.ru.hacker.dummy
fido7.ru.hacker.uue
free.dom.curse-yell-flame.social-hacking
free.hackers
free.hackers.italia
free.hackintosh
free.it.frosinone.hackers
free.it.hacker.hacker.hacker.hacker.hacker.hacker.marlaw
free.it.hacker.virus
free.it.hackers
free.it.hackers.crews
free.it.hackers.frosinone
free.it.hackers.hackerjournal
free.it.hackers.lamer.di.milano.e.dintorni
free.it.hackers.liceospano
free.it.hackers.patetici.lamers
free.it.hackers.per.modo.di.dire
free.it.hacking.ma.dove
free.it.hacking.senza.lamer.tra.le.palle
free.it.hacking.sub.seven
free.it.hackitalia
free.it.netphantom.hacker.ahhahh
hackercorp.statistics
hk.comp.hacker
hr.alt.hackers
muc.lists.freebsd.hackers
muc.lists.postgres.hackers
nbg.hack
nl.comp.hacken (new)
relcom.fido.ru.hacker
sol.lists.freebsd.hackers
sol.lists.freebsd.hackers.digest
tw.bbs.comp.hacker
viwa.crack.and.hack
z-netz.alt.binaer.hackreport (removed)

(Last updated on May 2, 2004)