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The FBI has arrested the person allegedly in charge of the BreachForums online hacking community, as reported earlier by Krebs on Security<\/em><\/a> and Bleeping Computer<\/em><\/a>. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, also known online as \u201cPompompurin,\u201d was arrested at his New York home on Wednesday and charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud, according to a pair<\/a> of court filings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a sworn statement, the FBI agent involved in the case claims Fitzpatrick admitted to owning BreachForums at the time of his arrest and identified himself as Pompompurin. Pompompurin created BreachForums<\/a> after the FBI seized RaidForums<\/a>, a similar hacking site that also sold leaked information. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The hacker is implicated in a number of breaches, with many of them targeting the FBI. In 2021, Pompompurin took responsibility for a hack that sent out thousands of fake cybersecurity warnings from the FBI\u2019s email address<\/a>, and is also linked to the breach of Infragard<\/a>, the FBI\u2019s information-sharing program that aims to raise awareness about physical and digital threats to government organizations and independent companies. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The hacking forum was recently involved in the breach of DC Health Link<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Fitzpatrick was released on a $300,000 bond on Thursday and will appear in a Virginia court on March 24th, according to Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n