US and EU police shut down LeakBase forum
→Forum operators must cease credential trading immediately or face arrest and seizure
Change
US FBI seized LeakBase's database and redirected its domain to FBI-controlled nameservers, preserving forum messages and IP logs.
Why it matters
Authorities preserved forum messages and IP address logs as evidence. Europol coordinated about 100 enforcement actions and targeted the forum's top 37 users.
Implications
- — Credential-theft operators must cease operations immediately or face arrest, searches, and database seizure.
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