Government release # Founder of One of World’s Largest Hacker Forums Resentenced to Three Years in Prison United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, September 16, 2025. Fourth Circuit vacatur of the original sentence and Fitzpatrick's 2025-09-16 resentencing to 36 months custody plus 20 years supervised release.. **Source type:** Government release **Published:** September 16, 2025 **Research grade:** P1 **Used in entries:** 3 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs **Published:** September 16, 2025 **Source type:** Government release **Research grade:** Source grade P1 **Language:** English **Official record:** Official publication **Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/founder-one-worlds-largest-hacker-forums-resentenced-three-years-prison](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/founder-one-worlds-largest-hacker-forums-resentenced-three-years-prison) **What it supports:** Fourth Circuit vacatur of the original sentence and Fitzpatrick's 2025-09-16 resentencing to 36 months custody plus 20 years supervised release. **Dataset id:** src\_bleepingcomputer\_fitzpatrick\_resentence\_2025 ## Research notes - Replaced secondary source stub with official DOJ resentencing release. How this source is used Cited 3 times across 2 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. - [BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/breachforums-shutdown-following-administrator-arrest) Fraud and stolen data, March 2023 Supporting source ### Legal actions against people 2 citations Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person. - [Conor Brian Fitzpatrick](https://takedownindex.org/people/conor-brian-fitzpatrick) Pleaded guilty, BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest Later outcome - [Conor Brian Fitzpatrick](https://takedownindex.org/people/conor-brian-fitzpatrick) Sentenced, BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest Later outcome [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)