Security News > 2023 > June > FBI seizes BreachForums after arresting its owner Pompompurin in March
U.S. law enforcement today seized the clear web domain of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum three months after apprehending its owner Conor Fitzpatrick, under cybercrime charges.
In June, after rumors of Baphomet partnering with Shiny Hunters, a threat actor notorious for numerous data breaches, to relaunch BreachForums on a new domain, the old Breached domain began displaying a default 'Welcome to nginx!' page.
"Any forums claiming to be 'Breached' or 'BreachForums' should be used with caution. BreachForums will never return," read a message posted on the Breached[.
Vc domain, advising against trusting the BreachForums clone as it had already been hacked.
During his arrest on March 15th, BreachForums' owner openly admitted without a lawyer present and after waiving his constitutional rights that his real name was Connor Brian Fitzpatrick and that he was indeed Pompourin, according to a statement by FBI Special Agent John Longmire included in court documents.
Following the seizure of RaidForums in 2022, Pompompurin created the BreachForums forum, which quickly became the largest platform for data leaks, frequently used by ransomware groups and other threat actors to leak stolen information.