The web prison bazaar BreachForums has been resurrected merely two weeks after a U.S.-led coordinated legislation enforcement motion dismantled and seized management of its infrastructure.
Cybersecurity researchers and darkish net trackers Brett Callow, Darkish Internet Informer, and FalconFeeds revealed the location’s on-line return at breachforums[.]st – one of many dismantled websites – by a consumer named ShinyHunters, who has since supplied on the market a 1.3 TB database containing particulars of allegedly 560 million Ticketmaster prospects for $500,000.
This contains full names, addresses, e mail addresses, telephone numbers, ticket gross sales and occasion info, and the final 4 digits of bank cards and their related expiration dates.
Nevertheless, in an attention-grabbing twist, guests of the location are actually being requested to join an account with the intention to view the content material.
The event follows a joint legislation enforcement motion that seized all the brand new domains belonging to BreachForums (breachforums[.]st/.cx/.is/.vc), whereas additionally hinting that the location directors Baphomet and ShinyHunters might have been arrested.
The operation additionally resulted within the seizure of the Telegram channel operated by Baphomet, with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) noting that it is reviewing the location’s backend knowledge.
It isn’t presently clear if the person(s) utilizing the ShinyHunters persona on BreachForums is the unique ShinyHunters hacker. Additionally unknown is the way how they got here to be in possession of one of many clearnet websites seized by the FBI, though Hackread.com reported that they reclaimed the area from area registrar NiceNIC.
Nevertheless, the likelihood that it could also be a honeypot has not been misplaced amongst members of the cybersecurity group.
BreachForums emerged in March 2022 within the aftermath of the shutdown of RaidForums and the arrest of its proprietor “Omnipotent.” It was dismantled in mid-June 2023, after which it was revived by Baphomet and ShinyHunters to launch a brand new website beneath the identical title.
Each the U.S. Division of Justice (DoJ) and the FBI have but to touch upon the takedown, or the re-emergence of the discussion board for that matter.
