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FBI takes down BreachForums ransomware website and Telegram channel

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STIX ID: report--d47b003b-647d-59fd-83a5-f28fbd2a0f06

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2024-05-15

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Iain Thomson

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The FBI, alongside international partners (Five Eyes, Switzerland, Iceland, Ukraine), took control of BreachForums and its Telegram channel after the forum—operated as a marketplace for stolen databases, access devices, and hacking tools—hosted allegedly stolen Europol data; the takeover targets a platform central to double-extortion ransomware and large-scale data trading.

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