title: Chaos Computer Club
date: 2009-03-05 01:38:00 
updated: 2020-04-28 23:38:13 
author: erdgeist
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Chaos Computer Club (abbreviated as CCC) was
[founded](http://www.ccc.de/veranstaltungen/1981-gruendung/CCC-gruendung.pdf "Chaos Computer Club Gründung")
in 1981 and is one of the longest established and most influential civil
society organisations dealing with the security and privacy aspects of
technology in the German-speaking world. Organized in 25 so-called
"[Erfakreisen](/en/club/erfa "Chaos Computer Club Erfa-Kreise")"
(regional hackerspaces) and even more smaller "Chaostreffs", CCC hackers
work decentralized. We are a non-profit association and have about
5,500 [members](/de/nodes/547/membership "Chaos Computer Club Mitgliedschaft").

Since 1984 the CCC hosts its annual [Chaos Communication
Congress](http://events.ccc.de/congress/ "Chaos Communication Congress")
and edits its publication [Die
Datenschleuder](http://ds.ccc.de/ "Die Datenschleuder").