World’s Biggest Hacker Forum Admin Gets Resentenced to Serve Three More Years

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the founder and operator of BreachForums, has been resentenced to three more years in prison after a federal appeals court vacated his earlier light sentence.

Authorities say Fitzpatrick created and ran one of the world’s largest English-language hacker forums, where criminals bought and sold stolen data.

The Justice Department and FBI emphasized this new sentence underscores their commitment to pursuing cybercriminals who profit from hacking and child exploitation.

Rise and Fall of BreachForums

In March 2022, following the shutdown of RaidForums by law enforcement, Fitzpatrick launched BreachForums as a replacement platform.

 The site quickly attracted more than 330,000 members by offering access to breached databases containing sensitive information.

Visitors could purchase stolen bank account details, social security numbers, personal contact lists, and login credentials.

Investigators found at least 888 data sets on the site, totaling over 14 billion individual records of personally identifying information.

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