Conor Brian Fitzpatrick has been sentenced to time served and 20 years of supervised release for his role as the creator and administrator of BreachForums.
Fitzpatrick, who went by the online alias “pompompurin,” was arrested in March 2023 in New York and was subsequently charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud and possession of child pornography. He was later released on a $300,000 bond, and in July 2023, he pleaded guilty to the charges.
Among the stolen items commonly sold on the platform were bank account information, Social Security numbers, personally identifying information (PII), hacking tools, breached databases, and account login information for compromised online accounts with service providers and merchants.
BreachForums also advertised services for gaining unauthorized access to victim systems. In all, millions of U.S. citizens and hundreds of U.S. and foreign companies, organizations, and government agencies are estimated to have been impacted.
Court records obtained by DataBreaches.net show that Fitzpatrick’s mental health may have had a role in him escaping a prison sentence. A day before sentencing, prosecutors recommended a 15-year jail term for the defendant.
That having said, law enforcement seizure of the domains in March 2023 has done little to stop the illegal service from going off the grid. In June 2023, BreachForums was resurrected by the infamous ShinyHunters group, who were previously known to be active on the Raid Forums, the takedown of which led to the launch of BreachForums.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/
