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BreachForums

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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
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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 …

2025-06-26
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.

2023-10-20
TechCrunch 30 related

23andMe is investigating a possible new data leak of 4M users' records on BreachForums; the hacker claims the stolen dataset includes info on people from the UK

The same hacker who leaked a trove of user data stolen from the genetic testing company 23andMe two weeks ago has now leaked millions of new user records.

2023-10-09
Wired 23 related

Hackers posted a 23andMe data sample on BreachForums, claiming 1M data points exclusively on Ashkenazi Jews, but the sample appears to lack raw genetic data

At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums.

2023-10-08
Wired 18 related

Hackers posted an initial data sample from 23andMe on BreachForums earlier in the week, claiming that it had 1M data points exclusively about Ashkenazi Jews

At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums.

2023-10-07
Wired 4 related

Hackers posted an initial data sample from 23andMe on BreachForums earlier in the week, claiming that it had 1M data points exclusively about Ashkenazi Jews

At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums.

2023-03-22
The Record 6 related

Data leak site BreachForums plans to shut down following the arrest of alleged operator “Pompompurin”, citing fears law enforcement has access to its backend

Jonathan Greig / The Record :

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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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