The founder of BreachForums, Conor Fitzpatrick, has been resentenced to three years in prison after his initial lenient sentence was overturned by a U.S. appeals court.

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A hacker group claimed to have breached Google's Law Enforcement Request System. Google confirmed a fake account was created but stated no data was accessed.

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the administrator of the notorious hacking forum BreachForums, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.

The FBI seized the BreachForums domain, disrupting a leak site used by Scattered Spider to extort 39 Salesforce customers. The group vowed to proceed with the release via their Tor and Telegram channels.

The Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters collective announced a "self-dissolution" after the FBI seizure of its site, but confirmed leaking millions of records from Qantas, Gap, and Vietnam Airlines for extortion.

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Following a data leak, emails from the French Ministry of the Interior's domain invited hackers to the 'new' BreachForums. The community warns it is likely a highly sophisticated honeypot.

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French law enforcement authorities have arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of orchestrating a recent cyberattack against the country’s