The FBI has arrested the alleged founder of BreachForums, a major hacker forum on which users post hacked and stolen data, including data alleged to have come from a breach that affected the personal information of U.S. lawmakers earlier this month.
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, 20, of Peekskill, New York, was arrested on March 15 and made his initial appearance in court on Friday for a criminal charge—conspiracy to commit access device fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.
The charge is related to Fitzpatrick having allegedly created and administered BreachForums, which the DOJ describes as a “marketplace for cybercriminals” that as of last week, claimed to have more than 340,000 members….