The Hope Institute

The Hope Institute is also known by the alias makehope.org.
The organization’s headquarters is located in South Korea.
The source material does not specify the institute's core products, services, or sector of operation.

The institute operates under the domain makehope.org, which serves as its primary web address.
This domain is used as the organization's online identifier.
No further details about the website's content or functionality are provided in the source.

On 17 August 2015, the hacking group NetPirates, also referenced as @TheNetShip, disclosed a security incident involving the Hope Institute.
The group stated that they had obtained approximately 6000 usernames and the associated hashed passwords from the institute's systems.
The disclosure date and the actors' names are taken directly from the incident overview.

The exposed data consisted of the usernames and password hashes that were subsequently made public by the attackers.
In addition to the 6000 credential records, the attackers claimed to have accessed another 5000 records, although the nature of those records was not detailed.
The source does not indicate whether the additional records contained personal information, transaction data, or other types of data.
No information is given about the encryption strength of the password hashes or any remedial steps taken by the institute.

The source material provides no quantitative data on the organization's size, user base, or financial scale.
Details regarding ownership, parent‑subsidiary relationships, or regulatory obligations are absent.
Consequently, the publicly known profile of the Hope Institute is limited to its name, alias, headquarters location, and the 2015 credential breach incident.