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Forums are online discussion spaces where users post questions, answers, files, and messages organized by topic. In security, the term can describe legitimate professional communities, technical support boards, and underground marketplaces or criminal discussion sites. Their content may include vulnerability research, configuration advice, leaked credentials, stolen data, exploit code, or offers of illicit services.
Forums are relevant to security because posts and attachments can expose users to phishing, malware, malicious links, or accidental disclosure of sensitive information. Poor authentication, access control, moderation, or logging can also make a forum itself an attack surface. Defenders may monitor relevant public and restricted forums as a source of threat intelligence, while treating unverified claims and downloaded material as potentially hostile. Security teams should validate vulnerability reports, avoid interacting with criminal infrastructure unnecessarily, preserve material lawfully for investigation, and account for privacy and legal constraints when collecting forum data.
Today, the FBI confirmed they have access to the database of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) hacking forum after the U.S. Justice Department also officially announced the arrest of its owner [...]
The forum's admin said the move might be temporary and that they will set up a new Telegram group
Administrator shutters the forum on fears that it had been breached by federal authorities but assured members it's not the end for the popular underground hacking site.
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 come will be better for us all," Baphomet noted in a message posted on the BreachForums Telegram
The notorious Breached hacking forum has shut down after the remaining administrator, Baphomet, disclosed that they believe law enforcement has access to the site's servers. [...]
The alleged mastermind of hacker forum Breach Forums, "pompompurin," has been arrested in New York City, according to court documents.