News report
FBI and French Police Shutter BreachForums Domain Again
Infosecurity Magazine, October 13, 2025. 2025 seizure of the BreachForums portal.
- Source type
- News report
- Published
- October 13, 2025
- Research grade
- S2
- Used in entries
- 4
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- Infosecurity Magazine
- Published
- October 13, 2025
- Source type
- News report
- Research grade
- Source grade S2
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Not an official publication
- What it supports
- 2025 seizure of the BreachForums portal
- Dataset id
- src_news_breachforums_2025
Research notes
- MATERIAL GAP. No official primary source located.
How this source is used
Cited 4 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 23, 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)Supporting source
Fraud and stolen data, October 2025
Organization roles
1 citation
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationSupporting source
Infrastructure seizure, BreachForums portal seizure (2025)
Infrastructure
1 citation
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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breachforums[.]hnSupporting source
Domain seized, BreachForums portal seizure (2025)
Later activity
1 citation
Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.
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BreachForums subsequent iterationsSupporting source
Partial operator continuity, BreachForums domain seizure