The US authorities appear to have disrupted a notorious hacking forum, just days after a threat actor advertised data stolen from Europol on the site.
Although there’s no official word on the action yet, screenshots posted to X (formerly Twitter) show a takedown notice featuring the logos of the FBI, the Department of Justice (DOJ), the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and other international law enforcement agencies.
“This website has been taken down by the FBI and DOJ with assistance from international partners,” reads the notice. “We are reviewing this site's backend data. If you have information to report about cyber-criminal activity on BreachForums, please contact us.”
The notice also features the profile images of the site’s alleged administrators “Baphomet” and “ShinyHunters,” behind prison bars.
On X, Dark Web Informer posted an apparent announcement from ShinyHunters claiming Baphomet had been arrested and “pretty much all of our infrastructure” had been seized – but that no ShinyHunters members had yet been arrested.
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