US, French authorities confirm arrest of BreachForums hackers

The United States and French authorities have confirmed the arrest of five hackers on charges of being behind a number of large hacks and being part of a notorious Cyber ​​Crime Forum.

Thursday, the US judiciary Declaration The Complaint British National Kai West, 25, is known as “serial hacker” against him. US authorities complain that the West is behind the “one -year hacking scheme”, which has given more than $ 25 million to aimed at the telecom company, a municipality health care provider and an internet service provider.

In the case of healthcare supplier, the DO has complained that West tried to sell the sensitive patient with the name, social security number, date of birth, gender, health plan and employer’s information.

Per DOJ, West was the leader of a hacking group known as Cyberon[——]”, Refer to a racist slur, which” a specified internet forum “frequent. Although the DOJ is not named forum, the allegations include reference details ViolationWhich was previously closed by an alliance of international law enforcement agencies in 2023 and 2024.

The DOJ press release said that West was arrested in France in early February and is now facing the United States removal.

Accordingly Complaint In contrast to the West, Cyberns[——] Four more people have been included in the group who do not have the name of the US authorities.

These four persons seem to have been arrested in France earlier this week.

Wednesday, Paris Prosecutor Laor Bakewu One statement said in a statement The French police arrested the four men on charges of violating and suspected to be a joint part called “Shinhuntars”.

“This week’s arrests noticed those who were suspected to be the chief administrator of the site and raised the hope of permanent closure,” said, according to a translation of the press notice.

The prosecutor also confirmed that West was named in the statement only as Intelbroker, arrested in France in February, which was aligned with US authorities on Thursday.

Upon arriving for comments, a spokesman for the French prosecutor office mentioned TechCrunch in his statement.

Responding to a question about four anonymous co-consisters, US judicial spokesman Nicholas Bayas said he could not comment on “unfit people” and refused to clarify through follow-up email.

Brechephorams was one of the most well -known hacking forums on the Internet, where cyber criminals sold hacking equipment, as well as advertising, selling and transacted by the stolen data from companies, Eg 23 OMEAnd many more.

In 2023, the US Federal Authority Occupied and stopped breakingThree months after the arrest of its administrator, Connor Brian FitzpatrickAlso known as “Pompturin”. The site has been restarted then, however It was seized and closed again in 2024The

West has been charged with conspiracy to infiltrate computers, conspiracy to fraudule, a protected computer access to information and cable fraud.