U.S. and French law enforcement agencies seized the BreachForums leak site just before the Scattered Spider group announced plans to leak stolen Salesforce data. Despite the takedown, the cybercriminals claim they have not been arrested and continue their extortion campaigns, with plans to release stolen data shortly. #BreachForums #ScatteredSpider #Salesforce #FBI
Keypoints
- The FBI and French authorities seized the BreachForums domain, disrupting cybercriminal activities.
- Scattered Spider and affiliated groups threatened to leak stolen Salesforce data despite the takedown.
- The groups claim they have not been arrested and suggest the FBI may have hacked their backend servers.
- Cybercriminals previously claimed to have stolen about 1 billion records from Salesforce-related databases.
- Multiple law enforcement operations have targeted and taken down new versions of BreachForums previously.
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