Prime Suspectz
Hacker group
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Prime Suspectz was a Brazilian hacker group active in the beginning of the 2000s. It was known for perpetrating website defacements, specially against Microsoft and governamental websites.
| Founder | x-s4nd3r, k4m1k4z3, överki££ and 4n1cl4t0r |
|---|---|
| Type | Hacker group |
| Legal status | Inactive |
| Location |
Activities
The hacker group was created in the 2000s by x-s4nd3r, k4m1k4z3, överki££ and 4n1cl4t0r, who were between 17 and 19 years old.[1] They reportedly perpetrated website defacements for social and political reasons, but later they made it for fun.[2] To Terra, they said their actions were moved partially for fame, but also to express their freedom of expression and to warn companies of their vulnerability.[1]
According to them, they have perpetrated more than 750 website defacements.[1] They were known for being fast, with some defacements being done in half an hour.[2] Some pages hacked by the group were The Walt Disney Company, WebWatch, from The Wall Street Journal,[3][4] Nike, Inc.,[5][6] the personal websites of Mel Gibson, Denzel Washington and Jennifer Aniston,[7][8] Nasdaq,[9] NEC, Panasonic, BMW, Chevrolet, Nintendo,[10] Bradesco[11] and eBay.[12]
The group deemed Microsoft servers the easiest to invade[1] and targeted the company on several occasions. Amongst the websites defaced were MSNBC Sports Scoreboard and the subsidiaries in Mexico, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom[13][14][15] and New Zealand.[16]
They have also invaded important governamental pages, including domains from the United States Military, the governments of the United States, Taiwan, China and Japan,[2] the FBI,[12] NASA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Project,[17] the Canadian Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, the Mexican State Commission of Public Services,[18] Central Bank of Brazil,[19] the Brazilian National Congress[20] and the Brazilian Ministry of Health's AIDS website.[21]