[2] The forum was later reopened under the ownership of the hacking group ShinyHunters and previous BreachForums administrator "Baphomet".

[3] DDoS Guard has been criticized for hosting sites associated with illicit activities, and for its lack of action with abuse reports.

[6] In 2024, the hacker IntelBroker became the new owner of the forum, which had stagnated under its previous administration due to a lack of leadership involvement.

The individual claimed to have obtained access to the portal through a social engineering attack in which they pretended to be the CEO of an unknown U.S. financial corporation.

[11] On March 15, 2023, in Peekskill, New York,[12] Fitzpatrick was arrested by law enforcement and charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud in federal court.

[citation needed] On June 23, 2023, three months after shutting down, the clearnet domains for BreachForums were seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and the Department of Justice in accordance with a seizure warrant issued by the U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia.

The FBI is examining the forum's backend data, which may lead to identifying members and advancing investigations.