Goatse Security

Goatse Security
aka GoatSec
FormationDecember 2009 (2009-12)
PurposeHacking
MembershipAndrew "weev" Auernheimer
Sam Hocevar
Daniel Spitler
Leon Kaiser
Nick "Rucas" Price
Products
Clench
Websitesecurity.goatse.fr (defunct)

Goatse Security (GoatSec) was a loose-knit, nine-person grey hat hacker group that specialized in uncovering security flaws. It was a division of the anti-blogging Internet trolling organization known as the Gay Nigger Association of America (GNAA). The group derives its name from the Goatse.cx shock site, and it chose "Gaping Holes Exposed" as its slogan. The website has been abandoned without an update since May 2014.

In June 2010, Goatse Security obtained the email addresses of approximately 114,000 Apple iPad users. This led to an FBI investigation and the filing of criminal charges against two of the group's members.