News report # FBI seizes BreachForums servers as threatened Salesforce data release deadline approaches CSO Online, October 10, 2025. The 9 October 2025 seizure of BreachForums' clearnet and dark web domains and back-end infrastructure (database archives, payment data back to 2023) by the U.S. Department of Justice and FBI together with France's BL2C cybercrime unit and the Paris Prosecutor's Office; the third BreachForums domain seizure after June 2023 and May 2024.. **Source type:** News report **Published:** October 10, 2025 **Research grade:** S2 **Used in entries:** 1 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** CSO Online **Published:** October 10, 2025 **Source type:** News report **Research grade:** Source grade S2 **Language:** English **Official record:** Not an official publication **Address:** [https://www.csoonline.com/article/4071014/fbi-seizes-breachforums-servers-as-threatened-salesforce-data-release-deadline-approaches.html](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4071014/fbi-seizes-breachforums-servers-as-threatened-salesforce-data-release-deadline-approaches.html) **What it supports:** The 9 October 2025 seizure of BreachForums' clearnet and dark web domains and back-end infrastructure (database archives, payment data back to 2023) by the U.S. Department of Justice and FBI together with France's BL2C cybercrime unit and the Paris Prosecutor's Office; the third BreachForums domain seizure after June 2023 and May 2024. **Dataset id:** src\_csoonline\_breachforums\_seizure\_2025 ## Research notes - Byline: John E. Dunn. - Article notes the group's separate dark web leak site remained live after the seizure. How this source is used Cited 1 time across 1 record type. The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards. Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Takedown records 1 citation Cited on the takedown record itself. - [BreachForums portal seizure (2025)](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/breachforums-portal-seizure-2025) Fraud and stolen data, October 2025 Supporting source [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)