3Founder of major hacker forum BreachForums resentenced to three years in prison

Alexandria, VA – A New York man who created and operated one of the world’s largest online marketplaces for stolen data has been resentenced to three years in prison, following a ruling by a federal appeals court that overturned his earlier time-served sentence.

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, 22, of Peekskill, New York, admitted to founding BreachForums in March 2022, just weeks after law enforcement shut down the notorious RaidForums. Prosecutors said the site quickly became one of the most popular English-language hacking forums in the world, attracting over 330,000 members who trafficked in stolen personal and financial data.

According to court filings, BreachForums offered at least 888 datasets of hacked inf

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