The FBI and the United States Department of Justice, in collaboration with law enforcement agencies in other countries, have seized BreachForums , a well-known forum used by cybercriminals to buy and sell data stolen from companies. The closure was carried out a few days after the publication of data stolen from a Europol portal .
The Telegram channel was also seized
The kidnapping took place a few hours ago. By visiting the site you can read the message “ BreachForums is under the control of the FBI “. This means that law enforcement has seized servers and domains. In the message, between the letters BF, there are also images of the profiles of the two administrators ( Baphomet and ShinyHunters ) with the prison bars superimposed.It is also written that analysis of backend data is underway, so all members could be identified by email, IP addresses and private messages. The FBI also seized the forum's Telegram channel. One of the messages was posted under Baphomet 's account . As a well-known cybercriminal (IntelBroker) confirmed, the administrator was arrested (that's why there are bars on the profile picture).
As the FBI explains on a dedicated site , the first version of BreachForums (March 2022-March 2023) was hosted on breached.vc/.to/.co. The administrator and founder was Pompompurin (born Conor Brian Fitzpatrick), arrested on March 15, 2023 and sentenced to 20 years of probation.
The new administrator Baphomet restored the forum, in collaboration with ShinyHunters, in June 2023. Today the domains were seized breachforums.st/.cx/.is/.vc. Further details will certainly be disclosed in the next few hours.
