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

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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 arrest](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/breachforums-shutdown-following-administrator-arrest)

Fraud and stolen data, March 2023

Supporting source

### Legal actions against people

1 citation

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Conor Brian Fitzpatrick](https://takedownindex.org/people/conor-brian-fitzpatrick)

Sentenced, BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest

Supporting source

### Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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[BreachForums under ShinyHunters and Baphomet](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/breachforums-shutdown-following-administrator-arrest)

Partial operator continuity, BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest

Supporting source

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