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News report

FBI seizes hacking forum BreachForums — again

TechCrunch, May 15, 2024. Domain and Telegram channel seizure.

Source type
News report
Published
May 15, 2024
Research grade
S2
Used in entries
5

Bibliographic record

Publisher
TechCrunch
Published
May 15, 2024
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S2
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/15/fbi-seizes-hacking-forum-breachforums-again/
What it supports
Domain and Telegram channel seizure
Dataset id
src_fbi_breachforums_seizure_2024

Research notes

  • No operation-specific FBI/DOJ press release was located; original source stub described a seizure notice. URL is contemporaneous TechCrunch reporting quoting the FBI seizure page and recording agencies shown on the notice.

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 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

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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.

Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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