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Terrorgram is a Nationalist and Racist Violent Extremist (NRVE) organisation comprising a group of persons who use a network of various online channels, based primarily on the online messaging application Telegram. Terrorgram is an organisation consisting of leaders and members that creates and distribute propaganda with the intent to inspire terrorist attacks on minority groups, critical infrastructure and specific individuals they deem against their values. The organisation advocates for and provides instructions on how to conduct a terrorist attack, and has successfully inspired a number of terrorist attacks in the United States (US), Europe and Asia. The decentralised and encrypted online environment of Terrorgram allows the organisation to operate internationally with few barriers, and with membership relatively easily attainable for Australians. A key concern is Terrorgram’s frequent promotion and praise of the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack and perpetrator, which it uses as a propaganda tool to radicalise potential members, advocate terrorist actions, and spread its NRVE ideology.

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Division 102 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Criminal Code) states that for an organisation to be listed as a terrorist organisation, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) Minister must be satisfied on reasonable grounds that the organisation:

is directly or indirectly engaged in, preparing, planning, or assisting in or fostering the doing of a terrorist act, or
advocates the doing of a terrorist act.

For the purposes of listing a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code, subsection 102.1(2) of the Criminal Code describes the doing of a terrorist act as including the doing of a specific terrorist act, the doing of more than one terrorist act and a reference to the doing of a terrorist act, even if a terrorist act does not occur.

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Terrorgram was first listed as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code on 27 June 2025.

On 3 February 2025, the Australian Government listed Terrorgram for counter-terrorism financing sanctions under Part 4 of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945, which gives effect to Australia’s international obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373.

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Terrorgram is a NRVE and accelerationist organisation active primarily on the online messaging platform, Telegram. Terrorgram is a decentralised organisation comprising a group of persons who use various online network of channels and chats. In which users advocate the use of violence to initiate a ‘race war’ to establish a white ethno-state. Accelerationism is an ideology that believes that coordinated violence is necessary to ‘accelerate’ the collapse of the government and modern society to prevent ‘white genocide’, and is heavily aligned with various neo-Nazi ideological concepts. Terrorgram additionally advocates for anti-LGBTQI+ violence.

Terrorgram has its roots in the Iron March forum, a neo-Nazi web forum that operated from 2011 to 2017. Iron March users were involved in the creation of groups such as the National Socialist Order (AKA Atomwaffen Division or AWD, listed as a terrorist organisation in Australia under the Criminal Code on 12 August 2021) and Sonnenkrieg Division, (listed on 18 February 2022) among others. Both the aforementioned entities have been subject to counter-terrorism financing sanctions since 18 May 2022. Following the closure of Iron March forum in 2017, Terrorgram evolved to become a more prominent and distinct organisation in the far-right neo-Nazi online environment.

Terrorgram focusses heavily on the creation and dissemination of propaganda designed to further its accelerationist ideology, encouraging its members to commit acts of terrorism and violence. Such propaganda includes memes, neo-Nazi cultural references, sharing of previous NRVE offenders’ manifestos, and polished graphic design motifs in its publications. A defining feature of the organisation is their ‘sanctification’ of accelerationist and white supremacist attackers, which venerates previous NRVE offenders, including the 2019 Christchurch shooter with the aim of inspiring Terrorgram members to commit similar terrorist acts.

Leadership

The administrators and members within Terrorgram intentionally leverage the encrypted nature of Telegram to obscure their identities. Users employ different aliases and usernames as part of a deliberate tactic to maintain anonymity and thwart law enforcement efforts to identify users.

Terrorgram has a diffused leadership structure. Rather than directly facilitating attacks, leaders often take on the role of administrators, aiming to create and disseminate key propaganda documents of the organisation, and administer channels and group chats where online activities take place. Terrorgram administrators and members promote lone-actor attacks, and take inspiration from a variety of NRVE ideologies. Individuals are encouraged to plan and fund their attacks themselves.

When a previous leader was arrested in the US on charges related to terrorism, they were replaced by new identified leaders (Matthew Allison and Dallas Humber). This new leadership ran Terrorgram channels, group chats, contributed to and disseminated Terrorgram videos and publication, solicited users to commit bias-motivated attacks, provided guidance and instructions to users to carry out attacks, and inspired users to become ‘Saints’ by committing attacks to further white supremacist accelerationism.

There is significant overlap between members involved with Terrorgram and other NRVE organisations active on the Telegram platform, including the National Socialist Order and the Base, both of which are currently listed as terrorist organisations in Australia. Members of these in-person groups often obtain or share propaganda from Terrorgram and Telegram channels.

Notable Terrorgram Leaders

Ciro Daniel Amorim Ferreira, Noah Licul and Hendrik-Wahl Muller – Terrorgram channel administrators and senior members of Terrorgram, who are nationals of Brazil, Croatia and South Africa respectively. On 13 January 2025, the US designated Ferreira, Licul and Muller as Specially Designated Global Terrorists on the basis they are key influencers of Terrorgram.
Dallas Erin Humber – The US Department of Justice alleges that Humber was one of the two leaders of Terrorgram and has been active in the organisation since 2019 and a leader since 2022. Humber narrated the prominent Terrorgram propaganda video White Terror as well as narrating several ‘audiobook’ versions of manifestos written by far-right extremist attackers. Also known as the ‘MG’ and ‘RWBC’ (Right-Wing Book Club) two aliases which are credited with authoring several sections in key Terrorgram publications. Humber was arrested and charged in September 2024 for soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
Matthew Allison – A member of Terrorgram since 2019, and second leader since 2022, Allison was arrested and charged alongside Dallas Humber for his role in the leadership of Terrorgram. Allison was alleged to have contributed to and disseminated several of the Terrorgram’s key propaganda documents, including videos and publications that provide advice for carrying out crimes, celebrate white supremacist attacks and provide a hit list of ‘high-value targets’ for assassination. In addition, Allison is alleged to be engaged in directly soliciting individuals to commit terror attacks to further Terrorgram’s accelerationist and NRVE ideology.
Pavol Beňadik AKA Slovakbro – An influential member of Terrorgram. Beňadik routinely posted accelerationist content inciting violence against individuals, government buildings, and infrastructure, and wrote a manifesto in 2022, announcing his intention to join the Ukraine conflict to incite violence and chaos. Beňadik’s manifesto specifically named Terrorgram and what it can do to destabilise the conflict. Beňadik was arrested in May 2022 and convicted in November, by a joint operation of American, Slovakian and Czech authorities, for distributing hate speech and 3D printed weapons manuals. The manifesto of the attacker responsible for the 2022 terrorist attack on a LGBTQI+ bar in Bratislava, Slovakia, killing two and injuring another, specifically named Beňadik as an inspiration and thanked Terrorgram and praised members for their ‘wonderful texts, art, and for practical guides.’
Matthew Althorpe – Created propaganda and instructions on how to conduct a terrorist offence for both Terrorgram and the National Socialist Order, and was subsequently arrested by Canadian authorities. Althorpe is facing multiple charges including instructing a person to carry out terrorist activity and counselling the commission of a terrorism offence.
Patrick Gordon MacDonald AKA Dark Foreigner – Designed the initial propaganda style of Terrorgram. A 26-year-old graphic designer from Canada, MacDonald was arrested and charged with terrorism and hate propaganda charges for his involvement in creating propaganda material for a range of NRVE groups including Terrorgram, National Socialist Order, and the Base.
Brandon Russell – Founder of National Socialist Order. Russell was arrested in 2017 for unlawful possession and storage of explosives. Following his release, Russell was again arrested on 3 February 2023, along with his partner Sarah Beth Clendaniel, for conspiring to destroy a US energy facility. A video tribute of Russell and Clendaniel was circulated on at least 7 neo-Nazi Telegram channels including a caption stating, ‘Tribute to Terrorgram's Hottest Power Couple’. Russell was in contact with Dallas Erin Humber and Matthew Allison and assisted them in distributing the propaganda document ‘The Hard Reset’ (Hard Reset) from 2022 onwards. At Russell’s trial evidence was presented that he conspired to carry out attacks against critical infrastructure to further his racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist beliefs. Russell posted links to open-source maps of infrastructure, which included the locations of electrical substations, and he described how a small number of attacks on substations could cause a ‘cascading failure.’ On 4 February 2025, a jury found Russell guilty of conspiracy to damage an energy facility, facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and will be sentenced on 17 June 2025.

Recruitment

Terrorgram utilises a vetting process prior to allowing user access to closed Terrorgram channels. Following some Terrorgram members’ identities being revealed in recent US terrorist listings, as well as the arrest of members of The Base, National Socialist Order and other extremist far right‑wing groups, the scope of this vetting process has possibly been expanded to further protect members.

Due to its online, decentralised, and geographically dispersed nature, the barriers to entry for prospective members are low in comparison to other terrorist or violent extremist organisations. There is no need for members to be co‑located, and the risks of attracting the attention of law enforcement associated with joining encrypted channels and group chats is perceived to be lower than for other NRVE and accelerationist groups.

Terrorgram vets users prior to admittance to its more extreme and illicit channels and chat groups, and actively recruits in the ‘acceptable fringe’ of online right-wing spaces. Members of Terrorgram intentionally join mainstream channels in the hopes of radicalising them. An example of this is the discovery of 3 far-right channels with over 70,000 subscriptions being linked to Terrorgram and Terrorgram users present in all 3 channels, as well as a common bot account across the channels. The channels were also connected to group chats which contained copies of Terrorgram propaganda documents.

Membership

As Terrorgram exists primarily through various encrypted online communication channels, the scale and total number of members is difficult to quantify. Additionally, there is difficulty in differentiating between users or viewers of Terrorgram content and active members or creators. Membership of Terrorgram is not restricted by geographic location, with members of the organisation comprising an international cohort, possibly including Australians. Terrorgram is currently prioritising the recruitment of propagandists, hackers, and graphic designers to ensure continuation of its extremist visual content mandate. Content advising on committing terrorist attacks receives high levels of engagement, with a now deleted channel primarily used to broadcast bomb-making tutorials receiving over 2,000 views on each post.

Funding & Resources

Terrorgram does not require significant resources or funding to operate due to its focus on encrypted online activities and propaganda dissemination. Activities are likely largely self-funded by members due to its decentralised structure. Terrorgram publications emphasise the need for members to self-fund attacks, and provides step-by-step instructions and manuals for inexpensive methods to enact violence, such as knife, gun, or deliberate vehicle-ramming into crowds of people at events or sites.

In April 2024, Telegram added a feature for channel administrators to earn revenue by allowing advertising on their channels. This may be an additional funding source for Terrorgram administrators.

Links to other groups

Terrorgram acts as a focal point for the accelerationist-aligned NRVE community on Telegram, and provides links and connections to more regional or issue specific NRVE groups. Many individuals involved with other accelerationist or NRVE groups regularly interact with Terrorgram content and propaganda.

Terrorgram propaganda is widely shared across various neo-Nazi and accelerationist aligned groups, channels, and group chats and is used as tools for recruitment and ideology promotion by these groups.

The following listed terrorist organisations have confirmed links to Terrorgram:

The Base
National Socialist Order (AKA Atomwaffen Division)
Sonnenkrieg Division.

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Terrorgram creates terrorist propaganda content and encourages its members to commit lone-actor, low cost attacks. Terrorgram propaganda includes detailed information on how to successfully carry out attacks and provides a list of suggested targets which are regularly updated and disseminated via Terrorgram-associated channels. These lists include minority groups and targets of societal significance, such as high office holders and critical infrastructure. Terrorgram’s veneration of the ‘Saints’ culture and praise of terrorist acts motivated by NRVE and accelerationist ideology, may have influenced, inspired or could inspire future terrorist acts, perpetrated by either Terrorgram members or individuals who are exposed to Terrorgram-produced content.

‘Saints Culture’ or ‘sanctification’ is the revering of individuals who have committed extreme acts of hate-motivated violence. Internet and social media platforms are able to amplify ‘Saints Culture’ through the dissemination of manifestos, memes and livestream videos linked to attacks and celebration of anniversaries of those attacks. Portraying perpetrators and acts of extreme violence in a culture of deification, encourages further attacks, by glorifying and praising terrorist acts by individuals, who are portrayed as ‘Saints.

Advocates the doing of a terrorist act Membership

Terrorgram is focused on the creation and distribution of propaganda that praises, encourages, counsels and instructs terrorist acts. The organisation has released several branded publications and propaganda videos to this effect. Significant resources of the organisation are devoted to crafting a specific brand in these publications, with the use of modern graphic design methods intended to appeal to young online audiences. Terrorgram uses manifestos to inspire individuals to commit terror attacks, an important part of the ‘Saints’ propaganda system. Members are encouraged to leave a manifesto before committing a terrorist act, detailing their motivations and rationale. Terrorgram encourages others to commit terrorist offences to achieve 'Saint' status, by facilitating the spread of manifestos and immortalising perpetrators of terrorist attacks.

Additionally, Terrorgram has created and disseminated detailed guidelines and instructions on how to most effectively commit a lone-actor violent attack. These guides encourage users to follow these guidelines to complete a successful attack that will advance their cause, without being caught in the planning or initial stages.

Examples of Terrorgram advocacy include:

26 June 2024 – A 19-year-old Australian man attempted to livestream a terrorist attack targeting politician Tim Crakanthorp in Newcastle, New South Wales. The attack failed, but the individual uploaded a 205-page manifesto, which cites the 2019 Christchurch shooter (proclaimed a ‘Saint’ by Terrorgram) as inspiration and claims Telegram played a critical role in his radicalisation. Since this attack, the individual has been charged with one count of ‘attempting to commit a terrorist act’. Following the failure of the attack, Terrorgram members posted advice and instructions for how prospective future attackers could avoid the same failures and succeed in carrying out lone-actor terrorist attacks. The users explicitly advocated for individuals to carry out more successful attacks through the provision of this advice.
14 October 2022 – Terrorgram published a propaganda video titled ‘White Terror’, a documentary style video listing and celebrating all of the individuals involved in right-wing terrorist attacks that Terrorgram considers to be ‘Saints’. The purpose of the video was to praise these terrorist attacks with the intent to encourage individuals to engage in future terrorist acts. The video was narrated by ‘RWBC’ AKA Dallas Erin Humber (one of Terrorgram’s leaders at the time), and was dedicated to the shooter, who 2 days earlier, had attacked and killed 2 at an LGBTQI+ bar in Bratislava, Slovakia.
14 July 2022 –Terrorgram published Hard Reset, a 256-page digital magazine, ‘zine’, that glorifies violence, explicitly encourages lone-actor terrorist acts and provides detailed instructions for carrying out various forms of terrorist attacks and civil disobedience designed to target minority groups and targets of societal significance, including government buildings and public infrastructure. Hard Reset is split across 7 chapters written by 24 separate authors. Of the total 256 pages, 47 promote attacks on infrastructure and 27 promote criminal acts or acts of terrorism.
October 2021 to Present – Terrorgram have published ‘The List’ encouraging action against targets they deem as against their values. The List is a hit list of ‘high-value’ targets for assassination or other forms of offences. Terrorgram has created graphics called List cards for each target, which include the name, home address, photograph and a photograph of the target’s residence encouraging members to commit accelerationist or NRVE inspired attacks against identified targets in their area. The List has been updated from its inception in October 2021. The US indictment of Humber and Allison cited List cards of targets posted on the channel in 2022.

Other related activity

The following are examples of other related activities by individuals who may have been inspired by Terrorgram or the actions of Terrorgram members.

11 July 2024 – An 18-year-old New Jersey man was arrested and charged with soliciting destruction of US energy facilities in a plot linked to Terrorgram. The individual allegedly sent an undercover agent materials circulated on Terrorgram, intended to help them carry out the operation. He specifically sent a PDF version of Hard Reset, and claimed to have taken a role in the publication of the work and described it as ‘the perfect starting guide’.
26 August 2023 – A Terrorgram inspired individual shot and killed 3 people in Jacksonville, Florida. The shooter was proclaimed a ‘Saint’ by Terrorgram and left a manifesto, which listed the 2019 Christchurch attacker as their main inspiration. After the attack, Terrorgram circulated photos of the individual and their weaponry on its channels.
6 February 2023 – A man and a woman were charged with conspiring to destroy energy facilities for their plans to attack electrical substations and power grid facilities in Maryland, United States. The couple were motivated by their accelerationist beliefs and were in communication with Allison and Humber (Terrorgram leaders at the time) and assisted them in distributing Hard Reset. Investigations by the Southern Poverty Law Centre’s Hatewatch into the actions of the individuals, revealed that the plot they were found guilty of attempting to execute included the instructions from Terrorgram publications, including the publication ‘Make it Count: A Guide for the 21^st Century Accelerationist’, which exhort white-power accelerationists to target infrastructure. It also contains violent incitements of law enforcement officials, politicians, civilians, public events, abortion clinics and providers, people of colour, immigrants, and the LGBTQI+ populace.
12 October 2022 – A 19-year-old Slovakian man attacked a LGBTQI+ bar in Bratislava, Slovakia, killing two and injuring another. The attackers manifesto directly referenced Terrorgram as well as referring to the ‘Saints’ culture, and Terrorgram publications, including Hard Reset, as inspiration for his attack. This marked the first time that Terrorgram was explicitly referenced in a terrorist’s manifesto. Academic analysis of the attacker’s manifesto has raised suggestions that his actions were directed, at least in part, by a US based member of Terrorgram in a ‘command and control’ role from May 2022 onwards.

The following is an example of other related Terrorgram materials:

14 April 2024 – In a Terrorgram group chat with former leaders Allison and Humber, the chat administrator posted ‘The BTC Movie Trilogy’, a compilation of accelerationist propaganda videos created by Allison. The chat/channel is dedicated to compiling and reposting content from a defunct channel ‘Ban this Channel’ (BTC), and the compilation contains ‘all 40...episodes’ of BTC’s ‘Devived’ project. The reposted compilation includes propaganda videos such as ‘How to Get Radicalized’, ‘UnBanned’, ‘White Revolution’ which shows a montage of militant training and political violence, and ‘Set the World on Fire’ which shows a montage of arsonist attacks and clashes between civilians and riot police. The channel compiling and promoting BTC’s content urged viewers to ‘remember...these videos are not for entertainment purposes only’ and to ‘take action now.’

Terrorgram context – ‘Saints’ propaganda system

Terrorgram engages in a system of propaganda showcasing individuals who carry out acts of terrorism as a ‘Saint’, as a means of encouraging members to carry out attacks in their own locations. The organisation’s veneration of these individuals’ actions and motivations is intended to directly promote, encourage and counsel the doing of terror attacks by their members. To be sanctified by Terrorgram an attacker must fulfil a number of standards set by Terrorgram administrators, including publishing a manifesto and achieving at least one kill. In addition, a culture of aiming to achieve a high kill count or ‘high score’ has arisen in certain Terrorgram channels. This veneration helps Terrorgram glorify mass violence in an effort to inspire others.

Terrorgram continue to utilise the events of the 2019 Christchurch attack and the offender’s manifesto to amplify the organisation’s ideology, inciting subsequent attacks and manifestos. As demonstrated by the number of attacks that have attributed their inspiration to key figures in Terrorgram ‘pantheon’ of ‘Saints’, this method is a highly effective technique. Attacks used by the organisation in the development of sanctification propaganda include the below:

15 March 2019 – An Australian national shot and killed 51 people and wounded another 40 at the Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand. The individual produced and disseminated a manifesto in which he espoused white nationalism and white supremacist beliefs in addition to accelerationist ideology. The shooter also livestreamed his attack, significantly increasing his notoriety and inspiring copycat attacks. This individual, his actions, and his manifesto are one of the most referenced amongst Terrorgram and is a cornerstone of the ‘Saints’ culture propaganda tool used by Terrorgram.
3 August 2019 – A 21-year-old individual killed 23 people in a Walmart in El Paso Texas. The shooter left a manifesto online, in which he listed the Christchurch shooter as his primary inspiration. The individual was also declared a ‘Saint’ by Terrorgram.
14 May 2022 – An individual, directly inspired by the Christchurch shooter, shot and killed 10 African American individuals in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and was subsequently proclaimed a ‘Saint’ by Terrorgram. The shooter livestreamed a portion of his attack and released a manifesto explaining his motivation, which appropriated exact language from the Christchurch shooters manifestos that calls to future violent or accelerationist action.

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Links to Australia and threats to Australian interests

Due to its online and decentralised nature, Terrorgram is easily accessible for Australians. With an international and primarily English-language speaking user base, it is possible there are Australian Terrorgram members.

On 26 June 2024, an Australian teenager attempted to livestream a terrorist attack on electoral offices in Newcastle. The individual released a manifesto along with his livestream, within which he directly attributed his radicalisation to Telegram and reviewing manifestos, and cited the 2019 Christchurch shooter (proclaimed a ‘Saint’ by Terrorgram). While the attack is not directly attributed to Terrorgram, Terrorgram used the failed attack to promote advice and instructions for how prospective future attackers could avoid the same failures and succeed in carrying out lone-actor terrorist attacks.

Following the failure of the June 2024 Newcastle attack, users in several neo-Nazi chats associated with Terrorgram forwarded a detailed plan providing advice for future lone-actor attackers, emphasising the importance of ‘mental preparation’ when planning an attack to ensure that individuals planning their own attacks do not ‘fail’ in the same way.

Listings by likeminded countries or the United Nations

On 26 April 2024, the UK Government listed the Terrorgram collective as a terrorist organisation. The UK Minister for Security cited Terrorgram’s production of three magazine-style publications and a 24-minute documentary video for propaganda purposes as a contributing factor to its listing.

On 13 January 2025, the US Government listed The Terrorgram Collective as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) group, as well as 3 of its leaders. The 3 designated leaders are Ciro Daniel Amorim Ferreira, Noah Licul and Hendrik-Wahl Muller. In support of its listing of The Terrorgram Collective, the US cited the 2022 shooting outside of an LGBTQI+ bar in Slovakia, the July 2024 planned attack on energy facilities in New Jersey, and an August 2024 knife attack at a mosque in Türkiye.

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On the basis of the information above, the Australian Government assesses that the organisation known as Terrorgram advocates the doing of a terrorist act.

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