BreachForums Admin Pompompurin Gets 20-Year Supervised Sentence

By Deeba Ahmed Conor Brian Fitzpatrick Pompompurin on the forum launched BreachForums in March 2022 after the FBI took down the then-popular cybercrime marketplace, RaidForums. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BreachForums Admin Pompompurin Gets 20-Year Supervised Sentence...

BreachForums’ Pompompurin Pleads Guilty to Holding Child Abuse Content

By Waqas According to court documents, devices owned by Pompompurin contained 600 explicit images of child abuse, which led him to plead guilty in court. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BreachForums Pompompurin Pleads Guilty to Holding Child Abuse Content...

BreachForums Administrator Baphomet Shuts Down Infamous Hacking Forum

In a sudden turn of events, Baphomet, the current administrator of BreachForums, said in an update on March 21, 2023, that the hacking forum has been officially taken down but emphasized that "it's not the end." "You are allowed to hate me, and disagree with my decision but I promise what is to...

Pompompurin Unmasked: Infamous BreachForums Mastermind Arrested in New York

U.S. law enforcement authorities have arrested a 21-year-old New York man in connection with running the infamous BreachForums hacking forum under the online alias "Pompompurin." The development, first reported by Bloomberg Law, comes after News 12 Westchester, earlier this week, said that federa...

Owner of Breach Forums Pompompurin Arrested in New York

By Waqas Pompompurin's arrest was confirmed by one of the Breach Forum's administrators, Baphomet. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Owner of Breach Forums Pompompurin Arrested in New York...

Feds Charge NY Man as BreachForums Boss “Pompompurin”

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI this week arrested a New York man on suspicion of running BreachForums, a popular English-language cybercrime forum where some of the world biggest hacked databases routinely show up for sale. The forums administrator "Pompompurin" has been a thorn in...

When Efforts to Contain a Data Breach Backfire

Earlier this month, the administrator of the cybercrime forum Breached received a cease-and-desist letter from a cybersecurity firm. The missive alleged that an auction on the site for data stolen from 10 million customers of Mexicos second-largest bank was fake news and harming the banks...