Baphomet,
the
current
administrator
of
BreachForums,
announced
that
the
popular
hacking
forum
has
been
officially
taken
down.
U.S.
law
enforcement
arrested
last
week
a
US
man
that
goes
online
with
the
moniker
“Pompompurin,”
the
US
citizen
is
accused
to
be
the
owner
of
the
popular hacking
forum
BreachForums.
The
news
of
the
arrest was
first
reported by
Bloomberg,
which
reported
that
federal
agents
arrested
Conor
Brian
Fitzpatrick
from
Peekskill,
New
York.
The
man
has
been
charged
with
soliciting
individuals
with
the
purpose
of
selling
unauthorized
access
devices.
The
BreachForums
hacking
forum
was
launched
in
2022
after
the
law
enforcement
authorities seized RaidForums
as
a
result
of
Operation
TOURNIQUET.
pompompurin always
confirmed that
he
was
‘not
affiliated
with
RaidForums
in
any
capacity,’
The
law
enforcement
authorities
have
yet
to
shut
down
the
website,
while
another
admin
of
the
forum
that
goes
online
with
the
alias
“Baphomet”
announced
that
he
is
taking
the
control
of
the
platform.
Baphomet
initially
added
that
he
believes
that
the
feds
haven’t
had
access
to
the
infrastructure.
On
March
21,
2023,
Baphomet,
which
is
the
current
administrator
of
BreachForums,
announced
that
the
hacking
forum
has
been
officially
taken
down.
The
decision
to shut
down the
forum
is
the
response
of
the
administrator
to
the
increasing
pressure
by
law
enforcement.
He
likely
suspected
that
the
feds
have
gained
access
to
the
site’s
components
taking
over
it.
Baphomet
also
added
that
“it’s
not
the
end”
of
the
forums,
he
is
likely
planning
to
launch
a
new
platform
in
the
future.
“Hello
everyone.
Please
consider
this
the
final
update
for
Breached.
I
will
be
taking
down
the
forum,
as
I
believe
we
can
assume
that
nothing
is
safe
anymore.
I
know
that
everyone
wants
the
forum
up,
but
there
is
no
value
in
short
term
gain
for
what
will
likely
be
a
long
term
loss
by
propping
up
Breached
as
it
is.
I
want
to
make
it
clear,
that
while
this
initial
announcement
is
not
positive,
it’s
not
the
end.
I’m
going
to
setup
another
Telegram
group
for
those
who
want
to
see
what
follows.
You
are
allowed
to
hate
me,
and
disagree
with
my
decision
but
I
promise
what
is
to
come
will
be
better
for
us
all.”
reads
the
last
message
published
by
Baphomet.
“As
stated
in
the
attached
message
please
give
me
24
hours
to
get
some
rest
and
give
thought
to
how
we
move
on
from
here.
I
will
be
back
online
after
that,
and
we
will
talk.
I
am
going
nowhere.
Please
see
my
final
confirmation
of
this
here:
http://baph.is/finalupdate.txt.asc“
We
cannot
exclude
that
Baphomet
can
launch
a
new
platform
or
work
with
competitor
marketplaces.
“Interestingly,
he
stated
that
the
Telegram
channel
would
maintain
operation
and
that
he
was
looking
to
create
new
infrastructure
which
would
replace
BreachForum
even
working
with
competitor
marketplaces.
As
of
writing,
the
onion
site
has
been
taken
down
and
is
unreachable.”
reported
Darkowl.
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