U.S. law enforcement officials this week arrested the person responsible.As reported by (via ), FBI agents arrested Connor Brian Fitzpatrick on Wednesday for allegedly running BreachForums. is responsible for or has been involved in some of the most notable recent hacks, including multiple incidents involving
In 2021, Pompompurin admitted to compromising a government agency’s email server and sending thousands of bogus cybersecurity alerts. Pompompurin is also linked to 2022 law violations. , An incident occurred in which the contact information of more than 80,000 members was leaked. Separately, Pompompurin is connected to and which confirmed that the data of 7 million users had been compromised.
In an affidavit, one of the FBI agents involved in the arrest alleges that Fitzpatrick identified himself as Pompompurin and admitted to being the owner of BreachForums. This forum was raided by the FBI and For now, BreachForums is still up and running. "I think that there is no doubt that [Pompompurin] I will take ownership of the forum as it will not come back." A user named Baphomet said. "I have most, if not all, of the permissions required to protect the BF infrastructure and users." Fitzpatrick to appear in federal court .
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/us-authorities-arrest-alleged-breachforums-owner-and-fbi-hacker-pompompurin-170009266.html?src=rss .
