FBI Seized BreachForums Three Months After Administrator Arrest

It’s been more than three months since the alleged administrator of the English-language cybercrime marketplace BreachForums was arrested in the United States for striking against the site’s domain name. 

On March 20, the FBI arrested Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, 21, at his house in Peekskill, New York, for aggravated assault. As a result of the accusations against him, he has been charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud while running BreachForums under the handle “pompompurin”. 

The newly appointed administrator of the site promised not to restore the forum, which had been running for nearly a month. The forum was soon shut down by him after the newly appointed administrator promised not to restore it. 

A notice stating that the domain had been seized by the authorities was posted to the old website on Thursday. 

The notice includes 10 logos of different law enforcement agencies from around the world that appear on the notice. In addition to the BreachForums logo, it also displays an epic troll and the BreachForums website logo. 

It is estimated that BreachForums had over 340,000 members before closing down. During this time, cybercrime organizations acquired several hacking tools and

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