Security News > 2023 > March > FBI confirms access to Breached cybercrime forum database
Today, the FBI confirmed they have access to the database of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum after the U.S. Justice Department also officially announced the arrest of its owner.
20-year-old Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was charged for his involvement in the theft and sale of sensitive personal information belonging to "Millions of U.S. citizens and hundreds of U.S. and foreign companies, organizations, and government agencies" on the Breached cybercrime forum.
In new court documents published this Friday, FBI Special Agent John Longmire revealed that the FBI has the Breached database, which helped establish that Fitzpatrick is indeed Pompompurin as charged, the forum's main admin, based on activity logs and the Optimum Online Internet connection he used.
After the RaidForums' seizure in 2022, Pompourin created a new forum known as BreachForums or Breached to fill the void.
Following Fitzpatrick's arrest, the Breached hacking forum was shut down by Baphomet, the remaining administrator, after saying that they believed law enforcement had access to the servers.
In a new update shared today, Baphomet commented on the FBI's confirmation that they had access to Breached servers and added that every user should've been handling their own OPSEC. "The most important thing right now of our community is to be aware that the FBI is now confirmed to have access to the Breached database. They clearly say so in their most recent documents," Baphomet said.