French cybercrime police arrest five suspected BreachForums admins

The Paris police force's cybercrime brigade (BL2C) has arrested a further four men as part of a long-running investigation into the criminals behind BreachForums.

The arrests on Monday follow the earlier capture in February of a person police suspect of being a cyber crook known as IntelBroker, taking the total number of suspected BreachForums admins in handcuffs to five.

BreachForums is one of the world's most infamous and popular cybercrime discussion boards. Started in 2022, it ran up until April and acted as a hotbed of adverts for stolen data and recruitment drives for criminal gangs.

First reported by Le Parisien, BL2C only released the aliases believed to be linked to the four individuals arrested this week: Hollow, Noct, Depressed, and ShinyHunters.

Of the four aliases, the latter is the most recognizable, having been associated with the high-profile attacks on Snowflake, Ticketmaster, and AT&T.

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