A couple weeks after news was reported that the hacking group "Lizard Squad" had released an online stress testing service or DDoS tool, another hacking website has appeared in the news. Enter, "
Hacker's List". Interestingly enough, the site was offline earlier today, with a "Error 522 - Connection timed out" message appearing on the website. A quick
whois search reveals that Hacker's List was first registered in October, 2014, by a person going by the name of David Harper.
Hacker's List appears to match hackers with people looking to retrieve forgotten passwords, take down unwanted personal photos online, and gain access to company databases - among other things. In less than three months of operation, over 500 hacking listings had been put out for bids on the site with hackers competing for the individual jobs All of this is done anonymously, with the site's operator collecting a fee on each completed assignment. The site offers to hold a customer's payment in escrow until the job is done.
