News report
Specialist reporting on the BreachForums shutdown and later sentencing
Established specialist cybersecurity publication, March 29, 2023. Forum shutdown decision, staff statements, sentencing and resentencing history.
- Source type
- News report
- Published
- March 29, 2023
- Research grade
- S2
- Used in entries
- 3
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- Established specialist cybersecurity publication
- Published
- March 29, 2023
- 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
- Forum shutdown decision, staff statements, sentencing and resentencing history
- Dataset id
- src_news_breachforums_2023
Research notes
- Placeholder. Attach the specific article at verification.
How this source is used
Cited 3 times across 3 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 shutdown following administrator arrestSupporting source
Fraud and stolen data, March 2023
Legal actions against people
1 citation
Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.
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Conor Brian FitzpatrickSupporting source
Sentenced, BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest
Later activity
1 citation
Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.
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BreachForums under ShinyHunters and BaphometSupporting source
Partial operator continuity, BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest