Timeline

2007

• HackForums.net launched on the 2nd of May 2007. Omniscient posted the topic announcing the launch here.
• The first thread ever was posted in the hacking section and of the entire forum, found here.
• The member Kuroda_Shun became staff. He was the first member to be promoted.
• The member Codine became the sites second ever staff member.

2008

• Omniscient added a Lounge section to the forum. It currently has over 5,000,000 posts.
• The member Hanzo became an admin of the site
• The member Crow became staff.
• The member sangederomin became staff.
• The member bsdpunk became staff, documented here.
• Hack Forums was compromised due to moderation abuse, documented here
• The member Raiseilord became staff, documented here.
• The members InfamousBytes, Knight120891, Psinetic and Simon Parker all became staff.

2009

• Psinetic is removed from staff: The member Psinetic was removed from the staff team. You can read more here.
• VipVince became staff: The member VipVince became staff. You can read more here.
• FBI Seizes Hackforums(April Fools): The FBI had shut down HF or so everyone thought, Omni later confirmed that it was in fact an April Fools prank. You can read more here.
• iBruteForce became staff: The member iBruteForce became staff. More information can be found here.
• GhostExodus is arrested: The member GhostExodus was arrested for hacking into a hospitals air-conditioning system, I think this is the first time a member was arrested so I decided to include it, you can find more information here.
• The Hackforums Twitter is set up: The Hackforums twitter was set up. It's a very good source for information and it can be found here.
• Omni gives away 10,000 Zimbabwe dollars to celebrate 1,000,000 posts: Omni decides to do a giveaway in celebration of reaching one million posts. The thread can be found here.
• Vaqxine became staff: The member Vaqxine became staff. More information can be found here.
• The Rated R Superstar became staff: The member The Rated R Superstar became staff.
• Omni announces he is shutting down HF: Omni announces that he is going to close HF. You can find the tweet he sent out here. More information required.
• Vorfin opens a scam report on Staff member Vaqxine and he gets demoted: The member Vorfin opened a scam report which can be found here. against staff member Vaqxine. You can read all the follow up on this here.
• N3w_2_H@Ck1n™ became staff: The member N3w_2_H@Ck1n™ became staff. You can read more here.
• Saged became staff: The Member Saged became staff.
• iBruteForce became an Admin: The member iBruteForce became an admin of the site. You can read more about it here.
• Ub3r becomes Available: The upgrade to Ub3r becomes available for the first time, you can read about it here.

References

HF Past to Present: A HF Timeline (Last Update: 01/03/14)