BreachForums database leak turns the tables on threat actors

Cybercriminals that use the BreachForums dark web site may soon have their identities exposed after a database related to the forum was leaked online.

On Friday, a website named after the ShinyHunters hacking collective, shinyhunte[.]rs, released a Zip archive, “breachedforum.7z,” containing the SQL database, alongside a lengthy message and a PGP key, according to Resecurity.

The next day, a password for the private PGP key was published. Resecurity believes the key is used by BreachForums to sign official messages from its administrators.

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