"US authorities have seized the latest incarnation of BreachForums, the cybercriminal bazaar recently reborn under the stewardship of the so-called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, with help from French cyber cops and the Paris prosecutor's office. The site, breachforums[.]hn, had become a public-facing leak shop for the group's latest extortion campaign, which targeted Salesforce and its corporate clientele. Visitors to both the clearnet and onion versions of the site were greeted today by an animated seizure notice courtesy of the US Department of Justice and the FBI,"
"The latest iteration was hijacked by Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, a rebranded alliance of data extortion crews that styles itself as the "Trinity of Chaos." The takedown briefly rattled the group, which posted to its Telegram channel overnight: "Seizing a domain does not really affect our operations FBI... try harder ;)." Moments later, the bravado faded. "Hello, this channel is now locked down till we get this mess in control," read a follow-up message,"
US and French authorities, with assistance from the Paris prosecutor's office, seized the BreachForums domain breachforums[.]hn and both its clearnet and onion sites. The forum had become a public-facing leak shop for a renewed extortion campaign that targeted Salesforce and corporate clients. The latest incarnation had been hijacked by Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, an alliance styling itself as the "Trinity of Chaos." The takedown triggered defiant and then panicked messages on the group's Telegram channel, including a claim that domain seizure would not affect operations and a later PGP-signed statement declaring BreachForums "officially dead." The seizure follows repeated reincarnations after the original founder's 2023 arrest.
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