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