BreachForums Database Breach Exposes Details of Over 324K User Accounts

The newest version of the infamous BreachForums cybercrime marketplace has reportedly experienced another security lapse, with its user database table appearing online.

BreachForums refers to a succession of underground hacking forums commonly used for buying, selling, and leaking stolen data, as well as offering access to compromised corporate networks and other illicit cyber services. The platform emerged after RaidForums was taken down by law enforcement and its alleged operator, known as “Omnipotent,” was arrested.

Despite facing previous data breaches and repeated law enforcement interventions, BreachForums has consistently resurfaced under new domains. This pattern has led some observers to speculate that the forum may now be operating as a law-enforcement honeypot.

Recently, a website bearing the name of the ShinyHunters extortion group published a 7Zip archive titled breachedforum.7z. The archive includes three files:

• shinyhunte.rs-the-story-of-james.txt
• databoose.sql
• breachedforum-pgp-key.txt.asc

A spokesperson for the ShinyHunters extortion group told BleepingComputer that they are not connected

[…]
Content was cut in order to protect the source.Please visit the source for the rest of the article.