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BreachForums

19 articles accelerating

BreachForums has appeared in 19 articles since 2023-03. Coverage peaked in 2023Q4 with 4 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside FBI, 23andMe, Pompompurin, ShinyHunters.

Articles
19
mentions
Velocity
+100.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+1.000
velocity change
Sources
5
publications

Coverage Timeline

2026-04-20
BleepingComputer 48 related

Vercel says its internal systems were accessed after a Vercel employee's Google Workspace account was compromised via a breach at the AI platform Context.ai

Update 4/19/26: Added additional information from Vercel that was disclosed after publishing.  —  Cloud development platform Vercel …

2026-04-19
BleepingComputer 8 related

Vercel says its internal systems were accessed via a compromised third-party AI tool, after a user with a ShinyHunters handle claimed a breach on BreachForums

Cloud development platform Vercel has disclosed a security incident after threat actors claimed to have breached its systems and are attempting to sell stolen data.

2025-10-10
BleepingComputer 6 related

The FBI seizes BreachForums domains used by ShinyHunters as a data leak extortion site for its Salesforce campaign, which the hacker group says is unaffected

The FBI has seized last night all domains for the BreachForums hacking forum operated by the ShinyHunters group mostly as a portal …

2025-09-17
BleepingComputer 8 related

BreachForums admin Conor Fitzpatrick is resentenced to three years in prison after an appeals court vacated his prior sentence of 20 years of supervised release

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer :

2025-06-26
BleepingComputer 11 related

Report: on June 23, French police arrested hackers ShinyHunters, Hollow, Noct, and Depressed, allegedly involved in operating the BreachForums cybercrime forum

the world's top marketplace for stolen data. Four admins aged 20-23, linked to major breaches (Ministry of Education, FFF, Accor, LVMH), were arrested in Clamart, Seine-Maritime & Réunion. The four ar...

2024-06-19
Bloomberg 22 related

AMD is working with police and a host provider to investigate a claim that company data was stolen, after a BreachForums user said they breached AMD's systems

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-largest maker of personal computer processors, is looking into claims that company information was stolen in a hack.

2024-05-15
BleepingComputer 1 related

The FBI seizes the notorious BreachForums hacking forum used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals and the website's Telegram channel

The FBI has seized the notorious BreachForums hacking forum used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals.

2024-01-22
BleepingComputer 7 related

The US sentences BreachForums admin Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka “Pompompurin”, to 20 years of supervised release for his role in operating the cybercrime forum

2024-01-21
BleepingComputer 6 related

BreachForums admin Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka “Pompompurin”, is sentenced to 20 years of supervised release for his role in running the cybercrime forum

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release today in the Eastern District of Virginia …

2024-01-20
BleepingComputer 2 related

BreachForums admin Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka “Pompompurin”, is sentenced to 20 years of supervised release for his role in running the cybercrime forum

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release today in the Eastern District of Virginia …

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TEXXR tracks 19 Techmeme articles mentioning BreachForums, dating back to March 2023. The biggest stories include 23andMe is investigating a possible new data leak of 4M users' records on BreachForums;... and Hackers posted a 23andMe data sample on BreachForums, claiming 1M data points exclusively.... Frequently covered alongside FBI, 23andMe, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, Conor Fitzpatrick, and ShinyHunters. Coverage has shifted toward consumer themes and away from enterprise.

Key Moments

2025Q3enterprise -50pts; consumer +50pts
2025Q4enterprise +100pts; consumer -100pts
2026Q2enterprise -100pts; consumer +100pts

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