Arrest of IntelBroker, ShinyHunters, Hollow, and other BreachForums administration. : Databases | Torhoo darknet markets

The French administrators of the website for the sale of stolen data BreachForums arrested
The last four administrators of this most well-known pirate-to-his-site exchange space in the world for the resale of stolen data were arrested on Monday, 23 June.

Since its dismantling by the US authorities, “BreachForums”, a space for the exchange between pirates and the most well-known site in the world for the resale of stolen data, has rebuilt around a core of five French activists, hidden behind the pseudonyms “IntelBroker”, “ShinyHunters”, “Hollow”, “Noct” and “Depressed”.

Here he is struck again in the heart. The last four administrators were arrested on Monday 23 June during a coordinated police operation in Clamart in Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Maritime and Réunion, and then taken into custody, according to our information.

On February 22, the Brigade to Combat Cybercrime (BL2C) called on “Intelbroker”. Two months later, on 14 April, “BreachForums” ceased to operate by decision its administrators, who nevertheless continued to claim attacks on large companies on a case-by-case basis, according to a police source.
Ministries, FFF, Accor... many victims

They are thus suspected of having committed numerous data thefts to the detriment of world-renowned companies. In France, their victims include public and private bodies, such as the Ministry of National Education, SFR, the French Football Federation (FFF), Boulanger, Accor, France Travail, Capgemini, LVMH, etc.

The last four suspects arrested on Monday, all men, are 20, 21, 22 and 23, only one of whom is already known to the Treatment of Criminal History (TAJ) for possession of category B weapons. Since its creation in March 2022, the activity of the illicit “BreachForums” platform has been repeatedly hampered by US authorities.

In 2023, the FBI called its creator, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick a.k.a. "Pompompurin", and the group's servers were shut down in April 2023 and May 2024. Operations that did not definitively shut down the piracy site, which renewed its infrastructure and acquired a new French management team.