BreachForums revival rumored as French police nab ShinyHunters

Cybernews has received an email claiming that the notorious hacker marketplace – BreachForums – is once again going to be reestablished, starting July 1st.

BreachForums suddenly went dark in mid-April, prompting a flurry of speculation across dark web forums and Telegram channels. Some suspected law enforcement action. Others pointed fingers at rival hackers. A hacktivist group called Dark Storm even claimed responsibility, without any proof.

On April 28th, ShinyHunters re-emerged briefly to post a PGP-signed statement on the site’s front end, blaming a MyBB zero-day vulnerability and alleging that government agencies had tried to access the site’s database.

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