BreachForums

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BreachForums, sometimes referred to as Breached, was an English-language black-hat hacking crime forum. The website acted as an alternative and successor to RaidForums following its shutdown and seizure in 2022. Like its predecessor, BreachForums allowed discussions concerning hacking and facilitated the distribution of data obtained through data breaches, hacking tools and various other services. On March 21, 2023, BreachForums was shut down following the arrest of its owner, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick. The forum was later reopened under the administration of the hacking group ShinyHunters and former BreachForums administrator "Baphomet". Fitzpatrick was initially sentenced to time served followed by 20 years of supervised release; after a federal appeals court vacated that sentence, he was resentenced in September 2025 to three years in prison. The site was again shut down and its domains seized on May 15, 2024, before returning online later that month. BreachForums, along with other cybercrime...

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