News report

# Cracked cybercrime forum reemerges

SC Media, April 14, 2025. Cracked's reappearance on a new domain roughly ten weeks after Operation Talent seized cracked.io, restored from a pre-seizure backup and claiming 4.7 million users and 1 million threads..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** April 14, 2025

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** SC Media

**Published:** April 14, 2025

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://www.scworld.com/brief/cracked-cybercrime-forum-reemerges](https://www.scworld.com/brief/cracked-cybercrime-forum-reemerges)

**What it supports:** Cracked's reappearance on a new domain roughly ten weeks after Operation Talent seized cracked.io, restored from a pre-seizure backup and claiming 4.7 million users and 1 million threads.

**Dataset id:** src\_scmedia\_cracked\_reemerges\_2025

## Research notes

- By SC Staff. article:published\_time 2025-04-14T08:32:45-04:00.
- The user and thread counts and the 'our Server was encrypted' line are the forum operators' own claims relayed by SC Media, not verified figures.
- The brief situates the relaunch alongside BreachForums' repeated recoveries.

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## Cited by

### Later activity

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[Cracked (cracked.sh)](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/cracked-and-nulled-forums-takedown)

Same service on replacement infrastructure, Cracked and Nulled forums takedown

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