Feds Charge NY Man as BreachForums Boss “Pompompurin”

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:39:22 +0000

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week arrested a New York man on suspicion of running BreachForums, a popular English-language cybercrime forum where some of the world biggest hacked databases routinely first show up for sale. The forum’s administrator “Pompompurin” has been a thorn in the side of the FBI for years, and BreachForums is widely considered a reincarnation of RaidForums, a remarkably similar crime forum that the FBI infiltrated and dismantled in 2022.

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The scammers who scam scammers on cybercrime forums: Part 4

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:00:01 +0000

A shadowy sub-economy is more than just a curiosity – it’s booming business, and also an opportunity for defenders. In the fourth and final part of our series, we look at how scammers scamming scammers can benefit researchers

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Uber data stolen via third-party vendor

Categories: News

Tags: Uber

Tags: data breach

Tags: Teqtivity

Tags: BreachForums

Tags: Uber Eats

Tags: mobile device management

Tags: MDM

Tags: Lapsus$

Tags: Lior Yaari

Tags: Grip Security

Uber is dealing with another cybersecurity incident after an attack on Teqtivity.

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The scammers who scam scammers on cybercrime forums: Part 1

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:00:36 +0000

A shadowy sub-economy is more than just a curiosity – it’s booming business, and also an opportunity for defenders. In the first of a four-part series, we look at the forums involved, and how they deal with scammers scamming scammers

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