News report

# Specialist reporting on the 2025 BreachForums portal seizure

Established specialist cybersecurity publication. 2025 seizure of the BreachForums portal.

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** Not established

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 2

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** Established specialist cybersecurity publication

**Published:** Not established

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

**What it supports:** 2025 seizure of the BreachForums portal

**Dataset id:** src\_news\_breachforums\_2025

## Research notes

- MATERIAL GAP. No official primary source located in this pass.

How this source is used

Cited 2 times across 2 record types.

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 20, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[BreachForums portal seizure (2025)](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/breachforums-portal-seizure-2025)

Fraud and stolen data, January 2025

Supporting source

### Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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[BreachForums subsequent iterations](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/breachforums-domain-seizure)

Partial operator continuity, BreachForums domain seizure

Supporting source

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