News report

# Feds seize BreachForums platform, Telegram page

The Record (Recorded Future News), May 15, 2024. The geographic scope of the May 2024 BreachForums seizure: the takedown banner carried the insignias of the FBI and the Justice Department alongside the UK's National Crime Agency and agencies in Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** May 15, 2024

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** The Record (Recorded Future News)

**Published:** May 15, 2024

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://therecord.media/breachforums-platform-seized-by-fbi-doj](https://therecord.media/breachforums-platform-seized-by-fbi-doj)

**What it supports:** The geographic scope of the May 2024 BreachForums seizure: the takedown banner carried the insignias of the FBI and the Justice Department alongside the UK's National Crime Agency and agencies in Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland.

**Dataset id:** src\_therecord\_breachforums\_seized

## Research notes

- By Jonathan Greig.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[BreachForums domain seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/breachforums-domain-seizure)

Fraud and stolen data, May 2024

Supporting source

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