Owner of BreachForums Pleads Guilty to Cybercrime and Child Pornography Charges (thehackernews.com)

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Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the owner of the now-defunct BreachForums website, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his operation of the cybercrime forum as well as having child pornography images.

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[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago

Who?

[-] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

A nonce

[-] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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[+] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com -13 points 1 year ago

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[-] TinaGurner@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

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[-] pixelvolt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Guy had terrible opsec from the very beginning, LE just needed to connect the dots.

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