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The Hidden Wiki
Type of site
Internet directory
Available inEnglish
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Current statusAmbiguouslyforked

The Hidden Wikiwas adark webMediaWikiwikioperating as aTorhidden servicethat could be anonymously edited after registering on the site. The main page served as adirectory of linksto other.onionsites.

History

The first Hidden Wiki was operated through the.onionpseudo-top-level domainwhich can be accessed only by usingToror a Tor gateway.[1]Its main page provided a community-maintained link directory to other hidden services, including links claiming to offermoney laundering,contract killing,cyber-attacksfor hire,contrabandchemicals, andbomb making.The rest of the wiki was essentially uncensored as well and also offered links to sites hosting child pornography andabuseimages.[2]

The earliest mention of the hidden wiki is from 2007 when it was located at 6sxoyfb3h2nvok2d.onion.[3]

A well known iteration of the Hidden Wiki was founded some time before October 2011, coming to prominence with its associations with illegal content.[4]

At some point prior to August 2013, the site was hosted onFreedom Hosting.[5]

In March 2014 the site and its kpvz7ki2v5agwt35.onion domain was hacked and redirected toDoxbin.[6]Following this event, the content began to be mirrored to more locations. DuringOperation Onymousin November 2014, after its Bulgarian hosting was compromised, the site served a message from law enforcement.[7]

Successors

There are several.onion websites hosting successors based onmirrorsof the Hidden Wiki; as such, there is no longer one single official Hidden Wiki.[7]Many are hosted for accessibility reasons, due to frequent downtime and instability of the main wiki, while others were launched in order to filter links tochild pornography.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^Gallagher, Sean (23 October 2011)."Anonymous takes down darknet child porn site on Tor network".Ars Technica.Archivedfrom the original on 6 September 2013.Retrieved10 February2012.
  2. ^Williams, Christopher (27 October 2011)."The Hidden Wiki: an internet underworld of child abuse".The Daily Telegraph.Archivedfrom the original on 4 June 2019.Retrieved25 January2012.
  3. ^Karsten (June 2007)."Length of new onion addresses".Archivedfrom the original on 1 October 2014.Retrieved10 March2018.
  4. ^Williams, Christopher (24 October 2011)."Anonymous hacktivists target child abuse websites".Archivedfrom the original on 18 October 2018.Retrieved8 August2015.
  5. ^Howell O'Neill, Patrick (4 August 2013)."An in-depth guide to Freedom Hosting, the engine of the Dark Net".Archivedfrom the original on 30 April 2015.Retrieved3 August2015.
  6. ^"The Hidden Wiki Hacked, WikiTor Fills The Gap".DeepDotWeb.March 14, 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 19 March 2015.Retrieved29 March2015.
  7. ^abDeepDotWeb(15 November 2014)."The Hidden Wiki Seized (Old Domain)".Archived fromthe originalon 28 June 2015.Retrieved20 June2015.
  8. ^Mead, Derek (12 March 2014)."A Hacker Scrubbed Child Porn Links from the Dark Web's Most Popular Site".VICE Motherboard.Archivedfrom the original on 6 October 2016.Retrieved24 March2015.
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