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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.^[1] 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.^[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 on Freedom Hosting.^[5]

In March 2014 the site and its kpvz7ki2v5agwt35.onion domain was hacked and redirected to Doxbin.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[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 to child pornography.^[8]

References

^ Gallagher, Sean (23 October 2011). "Anonymous takes down darknet child porn site on Tor network". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
^ Williams, Christopher (27 October 2011). "The Hidden Wiki: an internet underworld of child abuse". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
^ Karsten (June 2007). "Length of new onion addresses". Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
^ Williams, Christopher (24 October 2011). "Anonymous hacktivists target child abuse websites". Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
^ Howell O'Neill, Patrick (4 August 2013). "An in-depth guide to Freedom Hosting, the engine of the Dark Net". Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
^ "The Hidden Wiki Hacked, WikiTor Fills The Gap". DeepDotWeb. March 14, 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b DeepDotWeb (15 November 2014). "The Hidden Wiki Seized (Old Domain)". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ Mead, Derek (12 March 2014). "A Hacker Scrubbed Child Porn Links from the Dark Web's Most Popular Site". VICE Motherboard. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

External links

Guide to Tor hidden services and elements of the Tor network at Wikibooks

[ars-1] Gallagher, Sean (23 October 2011). "Anonymous takes down darknet child porn site on Tor network". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

[telegraph-2] Williams, Christopher (27 October 2011). "The Hidden Wiki: an internet underworld of child abuse". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2012.

[3] Karsten (June 2007). "Length of new onion addresses". Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

[4] Williams, Christopher (24 October 2011). "Anonymous hacktivists target child abuse websites". Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

[5] Howell O'Neill, Patrick (4 August 2013). "An in-depth guide to Freedom Hosting, the engine of the Dark Net". Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

[hacked-6] "The Hidden Wiki Hacked, WikiTor Fills The Gap". DeepDotWeb. March 14, 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[ddw_nov_2014-7] DeepDotWeb (15 November 2014). "The Hidden Wiki Seized (Old Domain)". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[8] Mead, Derek (12 March 2014). "A Hacker Scrubbed Child Porn Links from the Dark Web's Most Popular Site". VICE Motherboard. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

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-'''The Hidden Wiki''' is the name of several<ref name=mirror /> censorship-resistant [[wiki]]s operating as [[Tor (anonymity network)#Hidden services|Tor hidden services]] that anyone can anonymously edit after registering on the site. The main page serves as a [[Web directory|directory of links]] to other [[.onion]] sites.
+'''The Hidden Wiki''' was a [[dark web]] [[MediaWiki]] [[wiki]] operating as a [[Tor (network)|Tor]] [[Tor (network)#Hidden services|hidden service]] that could be anonymously edited after registering on the site. The main page served as a [[Web directory|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 (anonymity network)|Tor]] or a Tor gateway.<ref name = "ars">{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/10/anonymous-takes-down-darknet-child-porn-site-on-tor-network.ars|title=Anonymous takes down darknet child porn site on Tor network|last=Gallagher|first=Sean |date=23 October 2011|publisher=[[Ars Technica]]|accessdate=10 February 2012}}</ref> Its main page provided a community-maintained [[Web directory|link directory]] to other hidden services, including links claiming to offer [[money laundering]], [[contract killing]], [[cyber-attack]]s 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 [[child abuse|abuse]] images.<ref name = "telegraph">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8851242/The-Hidden-Wiki-an-internet-underworld-of-child-abuse.html|title=The Hidden Wiki: an internet underworld of child abuse|last=Williams|first=Christopher |date=27 October 2011|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=25 January 2012}}</ref>
+The first Hidden Wiki was operated through the .onion [[pseudo-top-level domain]] which can be accessed only by using [[Tor (network)|Tor]] or a Tor gateway.<ref name = "ars">{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/10/anonymous-takes-down-darknet-child-porn-site-on-tor-network.ars|title=Anonymous takes down darknet child porn site on Tor network|last=Gallagher|first=Sean|date=23 October 2011|publisher=[[Ars Technica]]|access-date=10 February 2012|archive-date=6 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906034537/http://arstechnica.com/business/2011/10/anonymous-takes-down-darknet-child-porn-site-on-tor-network/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its main page provided a community-maintained link directory to other hidden services, including links claiming to offer [[money laundering]], [[contract killing]], [[Cyberattack|cyber-attacks]] for hire, [[contraband]] chemicals, and [[Bomb-making instructions on the Internet|bomb making]]. The rest of the wiki was essentially uncensored as well and also offered links to sites hosting child pornography and [[child abuse|abuse]] images.<ref name = "telegraph">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8851242/The-Hidden-Wiki-an-internet-underworld-of-child-abuse.html|title=The Hidden Wiki: an internet underworld of child abuse|last=Williams|first=Christopher|date=27 October 2011|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=25 January 2012|archive-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604163902/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8851242/The-Hidden-Wiki-an-internet-underworld-of-child-abuse.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
+The earliest mention of the hidden wiki is from 2007 when it was located at 6sxoyfb3h2nvok2d.onion.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Karsten|title=Length of new onion addresses|date=June 2007 |url=https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2007-June/001442.html|access-date=10 March 2018|archive-date=1 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001222922/https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2007-June/001442.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
-The first iteration of the Hidden Wiki was founded some time before October 2011, coming to prominence with its associations with illegal content.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Christopher|title=Anonymous hacktivists target child abuse websites|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8846577/Anonymous-hacktivists-target-child-abuse-websites.html|accessdate=8 August 2015|date=24 October 2011}}</ref>
+A well known iteration of the Hidden Wiki was founded some time before October 2011, coming to prominence with its associations with illegal content.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Christopher|title=Anonymous hacktivists target child abuse websites|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8846577/Anonymous-hacktivists-target-child-abuse-websites.html|access-date=8 August 2015|date=24 October 2011|archive-date=18 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018094131/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8846577/Anonymous-hacktivists-target-child-abuse-websites.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
-At some point prior to August 2013, the site was hosted on [[Freedom Hosting]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Howell O'Neill|first1=Patrick|title=An in-depth guide to Freedom Hosting, the engine of the Dark Net|url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/eric-marques-tor-freedom-hosting-child-porn-arrest/|accessdate=3 August 2015|date=4 August 2013}}</ref>
+At some point prior to August 2013, the site was hosted on [[Freedom Hosting]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Howell O'Neill|first1=Patrick|title=An in-depth guide to Freedom Hosting, the engine of the Dark Net|url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/eric-marques-tor-freedom-hosting-child-porn-arrest/|access-date=3 August 2015|date=4 August 2013|archive-date=30 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430183059/http://www.dailydot.com/news/eric-marques-tor-freedom-hosting-child-porn-arrest/|url-status=live}}</ref>
-In March 2014 the site and its kpvz7ki2v5agwt35[[.onion]] domain was hacked and redirected to [[Doxbin]].<ref name=hacked>{{cite news|work=[[DeepDotWeb]]|title=The Hidden Wiki Hacked, WikiTor Fills The Gap|url=http://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/03/14/hidden-wiki-hacked-wikitor-fills-gap/|accessdate=29 March 2015|date=March 14, 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=[[DeepDotWeb]]|title=The Hidden Wiki Seized (Old Domain)|url=https://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/11/15/the-hidden-wiki-seized/|accessdate=20 June 2015|date=15 November 2014}}</ref>
+In March 2014 the site and its kpvz7ki2v5agwt35.onion domain was hacked and redirected to [[Doxbin (darknet)|Doxbin]].<ref name=hacked>{{cite news|work=[[DeepDotWeb]]|title=The Hidden Wiki Hacked, WikiTor Fills The Gap|url=http://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/03/14/hidden-wiki-hacked-wikitor-fills-gap/|access-date=29 March 2015|date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319150336/http://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/03/14/hidden-wiki-hacked-wikitor-fills-gap/|archive-date=19 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name=ddw_nov_2014>{{cite news|last1=DeepDotWeb|author-link=DeepDotWeb|title=The Hidden Wiki Seized (Old Domain)|url=https://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/11/15/the-hidden-wiki-seized/|access-date=20 June 2015|date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628213012/https://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/11/15/the-hidden-wiki-seized/|archive-date=28 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-== Mirrors ==
-There are several .onion websites hosting [[mirror website|mirrors]] and [[fork (software development)|forks]] of the Hidden Wiki, as such there is no longer one single official Hidden Wiki.<ref name=mirror>{{cite news|last1=[[DeepDotWeb]]|title=The Hidden Wiki Seized (Old Domain)|url=https://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/11/15/the-hidden-wiki-seized/|accessdate=20 June 2015|date=15 November 2015}}</ref> 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 to [[child pornography]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Feature/342187,peeling-the-onion-a-look-at-the-tor-project.aspx|title=Peeling the Onion: A look at the Tor Project|last=Millanta|first=Luke |date=6 May 2013|publisher=PC Authority|accessdate=24 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-hacker-scrubbed-child-porn-links-from-the-dark-webs-most-popular-site|title=A Hacker Scrubbed Child Porn Links from the Dark Web's Most Popular Site|last=Mead|first=Derek |date=12 March 2014|publisher=[[Vice (magazine)#Website|VICE Motherboard]]|accessdate=24 March 2015}}</ref>
+== Successors ==
+There are several .onion websites hosting successors based on [[Mirror site|mirrors]] of the Hidden Wiki; as such, there is no longer one single official Hidden Wiki.<ref name=ddw_nov_2014/> 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 to [[child pornography]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-hacker-scrubbed-child-porn-links-from-the-dark-webs-most-popular-site|title=A Hacker Scrubbed Child Porn Links from the Dark Web's Most Popular Site|last=Mead|first=Derek|date=12 March 2014|publisher=[[Vice (magazine)#Website|VICE Motherboard]]|access-date=24 March 2015|archive-date=6 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006074627/http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-hacker-scrubbed-child-porn-links-from-the-dark-webs-most-popular-site|url-status=live}}</ref>
 == See also ==
-{{Portal|Internet}}
+*{{Portal-inline|Internet}}
-* [[Dark web]]
 == References ==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
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Search engines	Ahmia Brave Search* DuckDuckGo* Cliqz* Grams MetaGer* Searx*
News	BBC News* Bellingcat* Current Time TV* Die Tageszeitung* Deutsche Welle* The Daily Stormer* Darknetlive DeepDotWeb ProPublica* Radio Free Asia* Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty* The Guardian* Independent Media Center* The Intercept* The New York Times* ProPublica* Voice of America*
File storage and peer-to-peer file sharing	BTDigg* Freedom Hosting Free Haven Project KickassTorrents The Pirate Bay*
Email and instant messaging	Bitmessage.ch Briar Keybase* Proton Mail* Riseup* Tor Mail TorChat
Social media and forums	8chan* Dark0de Dread Facebook* HackBB The Hub Reddit* Twitter* Kiwi Farms* The Hidden Wiki
Financial	Blockchain.com* Helix
Darknet markets	Agora AlphaBay Atlantis Archetyp Black Market Reloaded Dream Market Evolution The Farmer's Market Hansa Hydra Market Sheep Marketplace Silk Road TheRealDeal Russian Anonymous Marketplace Tor Carding Forum Utopia White House Market
Document archives	Archive.today* Doxbin (darknet) Internet Archive* Sci-Hub* Z-Library*
Nonprofit organizations	Amnesty International* Electronic Frontier Foundation* Freedom of the Press Foundation* Front Line Defenders* La Quadrature du Net* Privacy International* Telecomix
Operating systems	DivestOS* Qubes OS* Tails* Whonix*
Government	Central Intelligence Agency*
Whistleblowing	Distributed Denial of Secrets* Filtrala GlobaLeaks Ljost NawaatLeaks SecureDrop* WikiLeaks* WildLeaks
Pornography	Boystown Childs Play Lolita City Playpen Pornhub* Welcome to Video
Other	1.1.1.1* Brave* DEF CON* F-Droid* Mailpile* Mullvad* Njalla* OnionShare* Terms of Service; Didn't Read*
Sites in italics are now offline or discontinued (not counting ambiguously forked sites). Tor .onion domain Tor2web *Maintains additional presence on the surface web