Three months after arresting its administrator, U.S. federal authorities have seized the domain of notorious hacking site BreachForums.
For a time, the forum was the go-to community for English speaking cybercriminals, who would share, advertise, and sell personal data stolen from a variety of websites and companies. In March, the FBI arrested Conor Brian Fitzpatrick in New York, accusing him of being the man behind the nickname “Pompompurin,” the administrator of BreachForums. Shortly after, the site’s new administrator shut down the forum, promising it would never come back.
On Thursday, the content of the old site was replaced with a notice that authorities have seized the domain. The notice displays ten logos of law enforcement agencies from around the globe, the BreachForums logo, and — in what appears to be an epic troll — an image of a handcuffed Pompompurin, a character originally from Hello Kitty.
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