Forum hosting data leaks, including from Malaysia, shut down after admin arrested


The alleged founder of the forum is currently awaiting trial in New York after the FBI arrested him on March 15.— 123rf.com

Following the arrest of its alleged administrator last week, the infamous hacker website BreachForums has permanently shut down.

The forum was used to host and sell data allegedly stolen from various companies and governments, with the database of 22.5 million Malaysians born between 1940 and 2004 from an alleged leak put up for sale last year first surfacing here.

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