The administrators of the infamous BreachForums website have announced that the forum has been taken down after the alleged founder was arrested a few days ago.
In a Telegram message in the “Breach Forums” channel on Tuesday, the BreachForums administrator, known as “baphomet”, confirmed that the site would be shut down.
“We are deleting the forums because we can assume that nothing is safe anymore,” Baphomet wrote. “We know everyone wants a forum, but the long-term loss of keeping Breached intact is worth nothing in the short term.”
At the same time, BreachForums management said the move may only be temporary and that they will be launching a new Telegram group for those interested in following up on BreachForums’ new efforts. rice field.
“I allow you to hate me and disagree with my decisions, but I promise you that what is about to happen will be better for all of us,” added Baphomet. , figure out what to do next, then I’ll be back online and we’ll talk, I’m not going anywhere.
On the news, security researchers at Flashpoint said it’s likely that BreachForums will come back in one way or another, as the underground cybercrime community has traditionally shown resilience.
“Arrests and takedowns may cause short-term disruption, but the activity may be superseded by some alternative,” the company wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. “Baphomet’s latest message indicated that the forums would likely reopen in a different format, but it remains to be seen if this will continue in the spirit of Raid or Bleach, or if it will be something entirely new. yeah.”
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According to Flashpoint’s post, attackers may continue to target compromised databases. What still needs to be decided is whether these attempts will be made via another location or will require an entirely new forum.
