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Owner of BreachForums Pleads Guilty to Cybercrime and Child Pornography Charges (thehackernews.com)
submitted 1 year ago by harry_h0udini911@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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 (1 children)

Who?

[–] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A nonce

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] pixelvolt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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