Security News > 2023 > March > BreachForums shuts down ... but the RaidForums cybercrime universe will likely spawn a trilogy

BreachForums has reportedly shut down for good, just days after US authorities arrested the online criminal marketplace's alleged chief administrator.

BreachForums appeared on the dark web shortly after the demise of a similar stolen-data bazaar, RaidForums.

Initially baphomet - whose identity is not known - had indicated they planned to migrate BreachForums to new infrastructure to keep it running.

In Tuesday's "Final update" the site's admins wrote they "Confirmed that the glowies likely have access to Pom's machine" and shutting down the site is the only option.

In a Tuesday blog post, Flashpoint security researchers described the site shutdown as a "Short-term disruption," but noted it remains unclear what the new forum will look like.

"Baphomet's latest message indicated that the forum will likely relaunch in another format, though it remains to be seen whether this will continue in the spirit of Raid or Breach, or be something new entirely," according to Flashpoint.

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