DOJ says ‘millions’ of US citizens victimized by BreachForums administrator

The Justice Department is accusing the administrator of popular cybercriminal platform BreachForums of facilitating access to the sensitive personal information of millions of U.S. citizens. In court documents [published](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.535542/gov.uscourts.vaed.535542.2.0.pdf) Friday, the government lays out its case against Conor Fitzpatrick, a 20-year-old [arrested last week](https://therecord.media/breachforums-arrest-new-administrator) in Peekskill, New York for allegedly operating as BreachForums administrator pompompurin.

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