History Main / HackerCollective

* Dedsec from ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' are a group of hackers dedicated to bringing down the system and having fun doing it. ''VideoGame/WatchDogsLegion'', the latest installment in the franchise, promotes them to a full-scale LaResistance.

* In the Greg Mandel trilogy by Creator/PeterFHamilton, he makes use of a hotrod network called Gracious Services. You dial a number and are connected with a broker who assigns [[DuelingHackers several hackers to compete]] as to who can get your information fastest; the broker then pays the winner.

* The ''Series/{{Forever}}'' episode "Social Engineering" features a hacktivist group called "the Faceless", another counterpart to Anonymous. When one of their members is murdered, the NYPD's investigation puts Henry's secret immortality at risk, as the main suspect (another member) threatens to expose his false records if he doesn't help them escape.

* ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'': Lisbeth Salander is a member of the Hacker Republic, a private, invitation-only international online community of tech wizards. When she is hospitalized in ''The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest'' they form part of her TrueCompanions, assisting in several ways.

** In season three the collective undergoes what one member refers to as a "civil war". The group is split between TheCracker types who want to set an agenda focusing on specific political targets while the PlayfulHacker members want to maintain their status quo as a neutral group who show off their skills.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', the vigilante heroes' third target is an Tropers/{{Anonymous}}-inspired group called "Medjed" that targets them and their supporters out of jealousy.

* In ''Series/Sense8'', Nomi belonged to such a group in the past [[{{Transgender}} back when she was known as "Mike"]], and later reconnects with her friend Bug who knew her back then and provides her with equipment.

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* In ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'', the Juggernaut Collective is principally a hacker collective devoted to fighting against TheIlluminati.

* Dedsec from ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' are a group of hackers dedicated to bringing down the system and having fun doing it.

* In the German movie ''Film/WhoAmI'' a group of four hackers found a collective called "CLAY" (Clowns Laughing At You) who score a big coup by hacking the BND (German intelligence agency).

In RealLife as well as fiction, there are hackers and crackers, white hats and black hats who can penetrate the firewall(s) of everything from the local high school to the Pentagon with little more than a keyboard ([[HollywoodHacking or two]]) and their own l33t skillz. They are usually depicted as loners in their HackerCave.

come together, pool resources and accomplish what no lone hacker (or {{Hackette}}) can achieve on their own. Compare PlayfulHacker and TheSingularity. Contrast DuelingHackers.

* ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' 90s movie is about this, if well TheProtagonist is loosely based on the [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life hacker codenamed "Zero Cool"]], he's part of a hackers collective which attack together to make some kind of "social justice".

* Franchise/{{Tron}}: In the ExpandedUniverse, the "Flynn Lives" group is a loosely affiliated bunch of hacktivists who are ostensibly searching for answers into Flynn's disappearance while protesting Encom policies that Flynn and Gibbs would have vehemently disagreed with. One of the group's chief leaders is Roy Kleinburg (implied to be Ram's User), an Encom programmer who was forced into early retirement after Flynn vanished. Alan Bradley is the silent partner and main financial backer.

* Series/TheXFiles has the Lone Gunmen, a trio of eccentric underground journalists who prefer to focus on more mundane corruption and conspiracies than AgentMulder.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''. There are a number of "hacker havens" in the Sixth World. One of the most famous was the Shadowland BBS, which was based in Denver, Colorado. After the Crash 2.0, it was replaced by Jackpoint.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'', the vigilante heroes' third target is an Tropers/{{Anonymous}}-inspired group called "Medjed" that targets them and their supporters out of jealousy.

* Franchise/{{Tron}}: In the ExpandedUniverse, the "Flynn Lives" group is a loosely affiliated bunch of hacktivists who are ostensibly searching for answers into Flynn's disappearance while protesting Encom policies that Flynn and Gibbs would have vehemently disagreed with. One of the group's chief leaders is Roy Kleinburg (implied to be Ram's User), and Encom programmer who was forced into early retirement after Flynn vanished. Alan Bradley is the silent partner and main financial backer.

* Tropers/{{Anonymous}} almost certainly qualifies. They have made something of a name for themselves by public actions like [=DDOSing=] and/or defacing the websites of Daesh and other organizations they disapprove of. Their symbols include Guy Fawkes masks and a man with a question mark for a head.

* ''Tropers/{{Anonymous}}'' almost certainly qualifies. They have made something of a name for themselves by public actions like [=DDOSing=] and/or defacing the websites of Daesh and other organizations they disapprove of. Their symbols include Guy Fawkes masks and a man with a question mark for a head.
* ''[=LulzSec=]'' has a similar MO and the slogan "laughing at your security since 2011".

* ''Series/AgentsOfShield'': When she first appears, Skye is a hacker, member of a Hacker society called "Rising Tide". This society suffered from ChuckCunninghamSyndrome from the second season onwards.

* Erudito from the ''{{Series/Assassins Creed}}'' games and related media is opposed to Abstergo, and hack into the Animus files in ''Liberation'' to expose the falsehoods about Aveline and several of the multiplayer characters in ''III'' (including suggesting that one, Alsoomse/The Independent, never actually existed). They also send information to both players of ''Project Legacy'' and Desmond in ''Brotherhood'' by giving him passwords to the other Assassins' email accounts so that he can monitor their exchanges on his own terms. In the ''Black Flag'' multiplayer, it's revealed that several of their members participated in a cybercrime that deleted $10 million in life savings, devolving into petty larceny, and several of them ended up being arrested.

* ''Tropers/{{Anonymous}}'' almost certainly qualifies. They have made something of a name for themselves by public actions like [=DDOSing=] and/or defacing the websites of Daesh and other organizations they disapprove of. Their symbols include GuyFawkes masks and a man with a question mark for a head.