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DOJ Resentences BreachForums Founder to 3 Years for Cybercrime and Possession of CSAM
['The Hacker News', 'Sep', 'Ravie Lakshmanan']
The Hacker News
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday resentenced the former administrator of BreachForums to three years in prison in connection with his role in running the cybercrime forum and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (aka Pompompurin), 22, of Peekskill, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of access device conspiracy, one count of access device solicitation, and one count of possession of child sexual abuse material.
"These crimes were so extensive that the damage is difficult to quantify, and the human cost of his collection of child sexual abuse material is incalculable.
The forum is estimated to have had 330,000 members at its peak and held more than 14 billion individual records.
In July 2024, the whole database of the original BreachForums was leaked online, exposing members' information.
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