BreachForums
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概要
BreachForums, sometimes referred to as Breached, is 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
On March 21, 2023, BreachForums was shut down following the arrest of the forum's owner, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick. The forum was later reopened under the ownership of the hacking group ShinyHunters and previous BreachForums administrator "Baphomet". Fitzpatrick was later sentenced to 20 years supervised release. The site was again shut down and the domain seized on May 15, 2024, though the owner ShinyHunters was able to retrieve the domain via its EPP code just hours later.
BreachForums, along with other dark web forums, uses DDoS-Guard for its web hosting services. DDoS-Guard has been criticized for hosting sites associated with illicit activities, and for its lack of action with abuse reports.