GhostSec
Aliases: Ghost Security
- First seen
- 2015-01-01 00:00:00
- Primary motivation
- ideology
- Sophistication
- intermediate
- Resource level
- team
- Actor type
- hacktivist
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:06:11
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector media-and-entertainment
Context
GhostSec is a hacktivist group that emerged as an offshoot of Anonymous. They primarily focused on counterterrorism efforts and monitoring online activities associated with terrorism. They gained prominence following the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris and the rise of ISIS.
Reports & references
- uptycs.com — Ghostlocker Ransomware Ghostsec (report)
- forescoutstage.wpengine.com — The Increasing Threat Posed By Hacktivist Attacks An Analysis Of Targeted Organizations Devices And Ttps (report)