News report

# Hacker Forum 'Cracked' Resurfaces Online After FBI Seizure in Global Cybercrime Operation

Daily Security Review, April 14, 2025. The Cracked relaunch announcement itself, which references the seizure date directly ('the 29.01.2025 has been a very dark day in our history') and reports the forum back at a new domain with 4.7 million users, 1 million threads and over 36.24 million posts..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** April 14, 2025

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** Daily Security Review

**Published:** April 14, 2025

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://dailysecurityreview.com/security-spotlight/hacker-forum-cracked-resurfaces-online-after-fbi-seizure-in-global-cybercrime-operation/](https://dailysecurityreview.com/security-spotlight/hacker-forum-cracked-resurfaces-online-after-fbi-seizure-in-global-cybercrime-operation/)

**What it supports:** The Cracked relaunch announcement itself, which references the seizure date directly ('the 29.01.2025 has been a very dark day in our history') and reports the forum back at a new domain with 4.7 million users, 1 million threads and over 36.24 million posts.

**Dataset id:** src\_dailysecurityreview\_cracked\_2025

## Research notes

- article:published\_time 2025-04-14T06:18:00-07:00. By Mitchell Langley.
- Small aggregator outlet covering the same relaunch as the SC Media brief of the same day; it carries the fuller quotation of the operators' announcement, which is why it is worth keeping alongside it.
- All membership and post figures are the operators' claims, restated by the outlet.

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## Cited by

### Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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[Cracked (cracked.sh)](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/cracked-and-nulled-forums-takedown)

Same service on replacement infrastructure, Cracked and Nulled forums takedown

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