BENGALURU: In the recent years, hacking is considered as the most dangerous threat to the world. Using internet as the medium, hackers are making their way into government websites with an aim to exploit sensitive information. Apart from simply being a coder’s pass-time, hacking has drastically turned into a profession––a threatening situation for most organizations across the globe.

According to the Business Insider, below mentioned are the top five potential hacking groups who can turn a peaceful day into a nightmare.

Remember the “Guy Fawkes mask”?––it’s none other than the ‘Anonymous’ hackers group marking the niche. With the quote “We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forgive…. Expect us,” the group is made up of thousands of “hacktivists” who were deeply involved in the Arab Spring; working with the people and delivering internal support. Later, the Anonymous group was taken down by the government and other hackers.

The first country to have a public internet Army was Syria, when they launched the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA)––a group of computer hackers supporting the Syrian President Bashar al- Assad. In 2012, SEA had begun exchanging attacks and threats with the Anonymous, which lead to the outbreak of cyber war. ‘Lulzsec’ is another computer hacking group that claimed the responsibility of several high profile attacks including the Fox.com and Sony Pictures. The group was also reported for making the CIA website offline.

Angered by the Stuxnet worm attack, the Iranian government increased its cyber warfare efforts; marking the creation of Tarh Andishan. The group has launched major attacks on prominent agencies, government, and military systems. The Tailored Access Operations (NSAA) has also managed to pitch in the group of hackers list. It is a cyber-warfare intelligence- gathering unit of the National Security Agency. A leaked document by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden describes the potential of TAO to break into commonly used hardware including routers, switches and firewalls.

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