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Law enforcement release

FBI seizure notice and statement regarding BreachForums

Federal Bureau of Investigation, May 15, 2024. Domain and Telegram channel seizure.

Source type
Law enforcement release
Published
May 15, 2024
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
5

Bibliographic record

Publisher
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Published
May 15, 2024
Source type
Law enforcement release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
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
Domain and Telegram channel seizure
Dataset id
src_fbi_breachforums_seizure_2024

Research notes

  • The seizure banner itself is the principal artifact. URL not re-verified.

How this source is used

Cited 5 times across 4 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.

Organization roles

1 citation

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

Infrastructure

2 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

  • breachforums[.]st

    Domain seized, BreachForums domain seizure

    Primary source
  • User account

    User account seized, BreachForums domain seizure

    Primary source

Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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