Largest Hacker Forums Resentenced, Three Years, Prison Tuesday — Founder of One of World’s Largest Hacker Forums Resentenced to Three Years in Prison | United States Justice Department.
As with RaidForums, BreachForums gained notoriety by selling access to high-profile database breaches that contained, among other things, bank account information, social security numbers and other personal identifying information (PII), and usernames and associated passwords for accessing online accounts with merchants and service providers. We will not allow criminals to hide in the darkest corners of the internet and will use all legal means to bring them to justice.”“The FBI is working tirelessly to dismantle criminal marketplaces like BreachForums, and we are pursuing the full range of actors who run these platforms,”
said Assistant Director Brett Leatherman of the FBI’s Cyber Division. BreachForums emerged as a replacement to RaidForums, a then major English-language hacking forum that law enforcement seized in February 2022. Galeotti of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. To those seeking to operate a similar forum, take note: we will tirelessly investigate those who commit these crimes.”“Conor Fitzpatrick personally profited from the sale of vast quantities of stolen information, ranging from private personal information to commercial data,” said U.S. 21, 2025, vacating Fitzpatrick’s prior prison term of time served (17 days) and remanded the
case for resentencing.court filings state, BreachForums, launched in March 2022, rapidly developed into one of the world’s largest English language hacking forums with over 330,000 members. “Today’s sentencing demonstrates that anyone who helps others profit from theft, fraud, and other cybercrimes is not out of reach.”Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, 22, of Peekskill, New York, entered a guilty plea to one count of access device alleged conspiracy, one count of access device solicitation, and one count of possession of child sexual abuse material. As part of the plea deal, Fitzpatrick also agreed to forfeit over 100 domain names