Forum hosting data leaks, including from Malaysia, shut down after admin arrested

The alleged founder of the forum is currently awaiting trial in New York after the FBI arrested him on March 15.

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The forum was used to host and sell data allegedly stolen from various companies and governments, with the database of 22.5 million Malaysians born between 1940 and 2004 from an alleged leak put up for sale last year first surfacing here. BreachForums' founder and administrator went by the handle"Pompompurin", and is alleged to be 21-year-old Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, who was arrested by the FBI on March 15 and is currently awaiting trial in New York.According to a report from TechCrunch, the website's new administrator, Baphomet, announced its shutdown via its Telegram channel, claiming that the authorities had access to the website's back-end via Pompompurin's seized machine.

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