JJF Hackers Team Journal

J.J.F. / HACKERS TEAM was a Spanish hacker group from the late 1990s. It was founded in 1996 and, for three years, was very active, publishing programs and articles on security across various platforms, including the Bugtraq mailing list, with an article by Zhodiac, the last member to join the group.

Between late 1997 and early 1999 J.J.F. / HACKERS TEAM published their own magazine, which ran for eight issues (It looks like issues 2 and 4 have been lost!). They also participated in the international Distributed.net cracking competition under the name J.J.F. RC5 Crack Team. However, their most notable achievement, which has endured over time, was organizing the first edition of the No cON Name computer security convention in Mallorca.

J.J.F. / Hackers Team was one of the most well-known groups in the Spanish scene, in large part because they were the first to label themselves as white-hat hackers, which earned them mentions in articles by the newspaper El País and magazines such as Rolling Stone, "En la red," Iworld, and "Jumping." Underground media outlets, like SET and 7a69 magazines, also showed interest in the group and published interviews with Conde Vampiro.