Crime Boys

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Crime Boys
FounderRage, John the Ripper, Gtk and Leitão
Type Hacker group
Legal statusInactive
Location

Crime Boys was a Brazilian hacker group active on the beginning of the 2000s. It is known for Government website defacements.

Activities

According to Terra and Folha de S.Paulo , Crime Boys was created by the upper-class teenagers Rage, John the Ripper, Gtk and Leitão to protest against Fernando Henrique Cardoso government and "for the pleasure of accessing data of other vulnerable severs". They allegedly hacked websites for testing purposes, and when they were done, they left a message behind. [1] [2] The group was investigated by the Federal Police of Brazil for their political actions. [3]

Amongst the websites defaced, were the Vatican Radio, the Secretary of Education of Pernambuco, Order of Attorneys of Brazil, Secretary of Public Safety of the Federal District, [4] the Brazilian Ministry of Defense, [5] Empresa de Obras Públicas do Rio de Janeiro, [6] the Supreme Federal Court, the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency, [7] [8] and several US Government websites, including the United States Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management's National Training Center and the Army's Reserve Officer Training Corps Command from United States Army. They also attempted to invade the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from NASA, forcing the agency to block traffic from Brazil. [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Crime Boys". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Versignassi, Alexandre (23 July 2001). "Epidemia de hackers espalha-se pelo país; para os caras, protesto justifica a invasão de sites". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Zimmermann, Patrícia (12 January 2001). "PF vai investigar ataque hacker ao Ministério da Defesa". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Madureira, Francisco (21 January 2001). "Hackers brasileiros invadem site da Rádio do Vaticano". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Santos, Daniel dos (11 January 2001). "Hackers invadem site do Ministério da Defesa do Brasil". IDGNow! (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Santos, Daniel dos (14 February 2001). "Hackers invadem site do governo do Rio e desafiam PF". IDGNow! (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Santos, Daniel dos (18 May 2001). "Hackers protestam contra apagão em site do STF". IDGNow! (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Hackers protestam contra apagão em sites governamentais". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 May 2001. Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Piratas do Brasil atacam EUA". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 12 April 2000. Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Verton, Dan (19 March 2000). "'Crime Boy's' go on hack spree". Federal Computer Week . Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
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