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The Hidden Wiki

Defunct Tor wiki

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name	The Hidden Wiki
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type	Internet directory
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language	English
current_status	Ambiguously forked

The Hidden Wiki was a dark web MediaWiki wiki operating as a Tor hidden service that could be anonymously edited after registering on the site. The main page served as a directory of links to other .onion sites.

History

The first Hidden Wiki was operated through the .onion pseudo-top-level domain which can be accessed only by using Tor or a Tor gateway. Its main page provided a community-maintained link directory to other hidden services, including links claiming to offer money laundering, contract killing, cyber-attacks for hire, contraband chemicals, and bomb making. The rest of the wiki was essentially uncensored as well and also offered links to sites hosting child pornography and abuse images.

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

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

At some point prior to August 2013, the site was hosted on Freedom Hosting.

In March 2014 the site and its kpvz7ki2v5agwt35.onion domain was hacked and redirected to Doxbin. Following this event, the content began to be mirrored to more locations. During Operation Onymous in November 2014, after its Bulgarian hosting was compromised, the site served a message from law enforcement.

Successors

There are several .onion websites hosting successors based on mirrors of the Hidden Wiki; as such, there is no longer one single official Hidden Wiki.

References

Gallagher, Sean. (23 October 2011). "Anonymous takes down darknet child porn site on Tor network". [[Ars Technica]].
Williams, Christopher. (27 October 2011). "The Hidden Wiki: an internet underworld of child abuse". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
(June 2007). "Length of new onion addresses".
(24 October 2011). "Anonymous hacktivists target child abuse websites".
(4 August 2013). "An in-depth guide to Freedom Hosting, the engine of the Dark Net".
(March 14, 2014). "The Hidden Wiki Hacked, WikiTor Fills The Gap". [[DeepDotWeb]].
(15 November 2014). "The Hidden Wiki Seized (Old Domain)".
Mead, Derek. (12 March 2014). "A Hacker Scrubbed Child Porn Links from the Dark Web's Most Popular Site". [[Vice (magazine)#Website.

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