How the FBI caught the BreachForums admin

On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that the now-arrested alleged administrator of the infamous hacking forum BreachForums facilitated the sale and purchase of private information that belonged to “millions of U.S. citizens and hundreds of U.S. and foreign companies, organizations, and government agencies.” In a statement, prosecutors confirmed the arrest of Conor Fitzpatrick, 20, […]

How the FBI caught the BreachForums admin by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

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