Nuked Hey guys, Nuked here! I’m here to talk about the recent arrest of the purported owner of BreachForums, an online hacking community.
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, also known as “Pompompurin,” was arrested at his New York home on Wednesday and charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud. According to a sworn statement by the FBI agent involved in the case, Fitzpatrick admitted to owning BreachForums and identified himself as Pompompurin.
This hacker is implicated in a number of breaches, many of which target the FBI. In 2021, Pompompurin claimed responsibility for a hack that sent out thousands of fake cybersecurity warnings from the FBI’s email address and is linked to the breach of Infragard, the FBI’s information-sharing program.
Additionally, BreachForums was recently involved in the Robinhood breach that exposed the information of millions of its users, as well as the leak of Twitter user handles and email addresses that occurred in November 2022.
Despite Fitzpatrick’s arrest, a recent post on BreachForums indicates that the site will remain up and running under new ownership for now. The hacking forum has already been involved in recent cyberattacks, including a breach of DC Health Link and Optus.
Fitzpatrick was released on a $300,000 bond on Thursday and will appear in a Virginia court on March 24th.
