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United States Leads Dismantlement of One of the World's Largest Hacker Forums

US DOJ / FBI, March 4, 2026. Establishes the LeakBase seizure and evidentiary preservation of user data..

Source type
Government release
Published
March 4, 2026
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
6

Bibliographic record

Publisher
US DOJ / FBI
Published
March 4, 2026
Source type
Government release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-leads-dismantlement-one-worlds-largest-hacker-forums
What it supports
Establishes the LeakBase seizure and evidentiary preservation of user data.
Dataset id
src_doj_leakbase_2026

How this source is used

Cited 6 times across 3 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.

Organization roles

3 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

Infrastructure

2 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

  • 2 domains

    Domains seized, LeakBase seizure

    Primary source
  • 1 database

    Database seized, LeakBase seizure

    Primary source
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