The FBI has arrested Connor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka “Pompompurin”, who ran the notorious DarkWeb hacking site “BreachForums” and claimed responsibility for the 2021 hack of the service's emails.
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was arrested at his home on Wednesday afternoon with the charge for fraud.
An FBI agent involved in the case testified that Fitzpatrick admitted at the time of his arrest that he was the owner of BreachForums and identified himself by the nickname "Pompompurin."
History of Pompompurin
Pompompurin created BreachForums after the FBI took over RaidForums, a similar hacking site that sold the information it illegally extracted.
The hacker is involved in a number of breaches, with many of them to target the FBI. In 2021, Pompompurin claimed responsibility for a hack that sent thousands of fake cyber alertsbetter safetys from the FBI email address.
It is also associated with the violation of Infragard, the proletterof the FBI's information exchange aimed at raising awareness among government agencies about physical and digital threats.
In addition, Pompompurin is linked to the 2021 hack of Robinhood, which exposed the information of millions of its users, as well as leakage of Twitter users and email addresses that occurred in November 2022.
Το BreachForums λειτουργεί ακόμα και μάλιστα σε μία πρόσφατη ανάρτηση αναφέρει ότι ο ιστότοπος έχει πλέον νέα ιδιοκτησία. Το hacking φόρουμ έχει ήδη εμπλακεί σε πρόσφατες επιθέσεις στον κυβερνοχώρο, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της παραβίασης του DC Health Lin (μιας αγοράς υγειονομικής περίθαλψης που usesby many US politicians and government personnel) and the breach of the Australian company Optus Telecom.
Fitzpatrick was let go free on Thursday on $300.000 bail and will appear in a Virginia court on March 24. according to Bloomberg.
