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BreachForums

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…

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Advertising
Yes
Available in
English
Commercial
Yes
Country of origin
United States
Current status
Offline
Founder(s)
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, also known by his screen name "pompompurin"

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BreachForums

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples62
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
Components1

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BreachForums

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related to 2025 shutdown · 13
BreachForums → FBI, Founder, French, Hollow, In, Justice, On August, PGP, PGP-signed, ShinyHunters, Telegram, The, United States Department
related to 2025 arrests · 12
BreachForums → All, Complaint Center, Depressed, French, Hollow, In February, In June, IntelBroker, June, Noct, ShinyHunters, The FBI's Internet Crime
related to Competing successor forums (2025–2026) · 12
BreachForums → According, BF V4, Caine, Clone Wars, Following, Forum Wars, Indra, Indra's, N/A, SpyCloud, The, ZATAZ
related to Second domain seizure · 9
BreachForums → According, Baphomet, Europol's, FBI, May, On May, ShinyHunters, Telegram, The
related to 2025 suspected MyBB zero-day infiltration · 5
BreachForums → MyBB, On April, PGP-signed, The, They
Advertising · 1
BreachForums → Yes
Available in · 1
BreachForums → English
Commercial · 1
BreachForums → Yes
Country of origin · 1
BreachForums → United States
Current status · 1
BreachForums → Offline

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shinyhunters 2025 forum fitzpatrick website data also claimed following later forum's using intelbroker march 2023 administrator baphomet 2024 shutdown administrators

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BreachForumsAdvertisingYes1.00infobox
BreachForumsAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
BreachForumsCommercialYes1.00infobox
BreachForumsCountry of originUnited States1.00infobox
BreachForumsCurrent statusOffline1.00infobox
BreachForumsFounder(s)Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, also known by his screen name "pompompurin"1.00infobox
BreachForumsLaunchedMarch 4, 2022; 4 years ago (2022-03-04)1.00infobox
BreachForumsPredecessorRaidForums1.00infobox
BreachForumsType of siteInternet forum1.00infobox
BreachForumsURLbreachforums.st /.cx/.is/.vc1.00infobox
BreachForumsUsersApproximately 324,000 in August 20251.00infobox
BreachForumsrelated to 2025 arrestsIn February0.60section

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