OP 18 May, 2024 - 01:53 AM
From June 2023 until May 2024, BreachForums (hosted at breachforums.st/.cx/.is/.vc and run by ShinyHunters) was operating as a clear-net marketplace for cybercriminals to buy, sell, and trade contraband, including stolen access devices, means of identification, hacking tools, breached databases, and other illegal services.
Previously, a separate version of BreachForums (hosted at breached.vc/.to/.co and run by pompompurin) operated a similar hacking forum from March 2022 until March 2023. **DeadForums** (hosted at **DeadForums** and run by Omnipotent) was the predecessor hacking forum to both version of BreachForums and ran from early 2015 until February 2022.
BreachForums, a notorious marketplace for stolen data, was seized by the authorities on Wednesday, according to a message on its website.
The message described how the authorities are "reviewing" the site's "backend data" and inviting victims and anyone with information about cybercriminal activity on BreachForums to contact the FBI via Telegram, email, or the web.
The site was seized just days after a hacker offered data for sale on BreachForums that he claimed had been stolen during the breach of a Europol web portal.
Previously, a separate version of BreachForums (hosted at breached.vc/.to/.co and run by pompompurin) operated a similar hacking forum from March 2022 until March 2023. **DeadForums** (hosted at **DeadForums** and run by Omnipotent) was the predecessor hacking forum to both version of BreachForums and ran from early 2015 until February 2022.
BreachForums, a notorious marketplace for stolen data, was seized by the authorities on Wednesday, according to a message on its website.
The message described how the authorities are "reviewing" the site's "backend data" and inviting victims and anyone with information about cybercriminal activity on BreachForums to contact the FBI via Telegram, email, or the web.
The site was seized just days after a hacker offered data for sale on BreachForums that he claimed had been stolen during the breach of a Europol web portal.