Insanity Zine Corp.

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Insanity Zine Corp.
Founderps2 and ntalk
Type Hacker group
Legal statusInactive
Location

Insanity Zine Corp., stylized as Insanity Zine C0rp or IZ Corp, was a Brazilian hacker group active in the beginning of 2000s. It was known for perpretating website defacements.

Activities

According to Terra , Insanity Zine Corp. was formed by two teenagers, ps2 and ntalk, that declared being 15 and 17 years old in 2001. They were inspired by hacker ezines and were looking for fame inside of the scene. [1] The group was associated with other hacker groups, including Crime Boys, Prime Suspectz, Databoy and Sei Lá Quem. [2]

They became notorious for perpretating website defacement of several relevant companies and groups and posting offenses or bragging of how easy it was for it to occur. [3] Some pages hacked by the group are the Landless Workers' Movement, Symantec, Aiwa, [3] McAfee, [4] HP Inc., [5] Microsoft, [6] Ferrari, [7] [8] and AOL. [9] Sex Shop Virtual was also hacked, where offenses against Mauro Marcelo, chief of the Sector of Investigation for High Technology Crimes (SICAT), were posted. [10]

Referências

  1. "Insanity Zine Corp" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  2. "Hackers brasileiros atacam site da Ferrari". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 May 2001. Archived from the original on 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Hackers brazucas agitam final de semana". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). 22 January 2001. Archived from the original on 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  4. Uemura, Tatiana (30 November 2000). "Hackers "picham" site de empresa de antivírus" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  5. "HP Web site hacked". CNET . 23 February 2001. Archived from the original on 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  6. "Hackers invadem site da Microsoft". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  7. "Piratas informáticos atacan la web de Ferrari". El Mundo (in Spanish). 17 May 2001. Archived from the original on 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  8. "Hackers brasileiros invadem site da Ferrari". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 May 2001. Archived from the original on 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  9. Holbrook, Chris (28 June 2001). "AOL laid low by hackers, again". ZDNET . Archived from the original on 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  10. "Hackers invadem site de sex shop e xingam delegado da Internet". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 February 2001. Archived from the original on 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.