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Cracked and Nulled forums takedown

January 2025, Criminal hosting and proxies
Led by Federal Bureau of Investigation

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Forum infrastructure seized; sites taken offline.

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What happened to the people?

No individual outcomes are recorded against this entry.
Group accounted for: Not established

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Did it stay down?

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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A DOJ-led multinational coalition seized the Cracked and Nulled cybercrime forums, which sold stolen data, hacking tools, and malware.

Date
January 2025
Target
Cracked and Nulled, cybercrime forum
Activity
Criminal hosting and proxies
Operational lead
FBI
Partners
Europol[1]
Jurisdiction
Not established
Outcome
Forum infrastructure seized; sites taken offline.
Status
Completed
Legal mechanism
Federal seizure warrant; coordinated international judicial authority.
Group accounted for
Not established

No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved.

Group accounted for: Not established

The cited record does not say how large the group was or whether everyone involved has been identified.

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Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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Official sources

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    Cracked and Nulled cybercrime marketplaces seized

    US DOJ, January 30, 2025, Source grade P1

    Establishes the multinational seizure of the Cracked and Nulled forums.

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.