title: Chaos Computer Club
date: 2009-03-05 01:38:00 
updated: 2013-03-31 18:03:23 
author: erdgeist
tags: club, ccc

Chaos Computer Club (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
organisations dealing with the security and privacy aspects of
technology in the German-speaking world. Organized in 23 so-called
"[Erfakreisen](/en/club/erfa "Chaos Computer Club Erfa-Kreise")" and
even more smaller "Chaostreffs" CCC hackers work decentralized. We have
about
3,600 [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").