Breach Forums — HasanBroker
Brief overview: BreachForums is a notorious cybercriminal forum and illicit marketplace operating as a major hub for data brokers and hackers. Rising to prominence after the fall of RaidForums, it specializes in hosting massive data breaches, zero-day exploits, and high-profile corporate leaks. Despite constant pressure and domain seizures from international law enforcement agencies like the FBI and Europol, the platform continues to resurface in the cyber underground.
To start, could you introduce yourself in whatever way you are comfortable with?
I am HasanBroker, the Leader of Breach Forums and the alliance leader behind TeamPCP, LAPSUS$ and so on.
Can you talk a bit about yourself as a child and your school path? What kind of kid were you, and how did that shape who you are now?
I was always an extroverted child and I was born in, you could say, a wolf's den, a fight for survival if you may. Childhood was definitely an up and down for me, I was always intrigued by computers and naturally my passions grew from one point to another. All those factors shaped me.
You mentioned that almost every possible force has gone against you (EUROPOL, FBI, Western countries, etc.), yet the forum keeps coming back. How does that constant external pressure change the way you think, work, and make decisions?
Domain seizure notice by international law enforcement — Source FBI (Saisie) / Source Europol (Leakbase)
You insist a lot on unity and on avoiding internal division in the community. Have there been moments where internal drama, betrayal, or conflicts hurt BreachForums more than law enforcement pressure itself?
Yes, everyone wishes to become a Leader and I think law enforcement understands it after trying to take it down for years now. It is fueling and adding gasoline to the fire, probably with honeypots of their own. The only people that can take down BreachForums is BreachForums itself.
Was there a specific period where you really felt the forum's popularity "explode"? How did you experience that growth personally (in terms of stress, pride, or responsibility)?
French press coverage reflecting the forum's notoriety — Source Le Parisien
How much time do you usually spend on X (Twitter) or similar platforms per day, and do you pay close attention to what people say about you and BreachForums (including fake news, rumors, or drama)?
I only like to see news on social media if it concerns myself or my allies, pure narcissism you could call it but I call it strategy because it influences my plans in a way and it is important for me to keep up with the community even if it's outside the forum. Rumors, drama and fake news don't concern me because we wish for intelligent people to arrive in masses on our forum instead of script kiddies who don't want to do their own research on who or what we are - therefore fake news are harmless.
Why did you choose the current logo and visual identity for BreachForums? What did you want it to communicate?
The new visual identity representing the forum's "new era"
Note: The character featured in this logo is Asuka Langley Soryu, from = Neon Genesis Evangelion.
DDoS attacks: at this point, do they feel more like a serious threat, background noise, or even something almost "funny" to handle technically? How do you personally see this constant DDoS "pressure"?
DDoS attacks in 2026 are hardly a threat, especially if you take infrastructure seriously and you know how to mitigate it. It was a problem for us in the first month or so because we just started off, but now with better servers, better DDoS protection and more? Not nearly as much.
Over time, BreachForums has had links, relationships, or at least overlaps with groups or actors like ShinyHunters, ShinyCorp, LAPSUS$, etc. How are these kinds of "alliances" or relationships actually formed in your world, and what makes them interesting or dangerous?
Mostly due to interest but in my case, it is unique, definitely unique. We joined forces through the ideology and belief in a centralized leadership of the forum and so on. We want to join forces and unite all the strength aspects of having a forum, a group, an operation. Almost like EUROPOL but for cybercriminals, that is something law enforcement doesn't understand and especially agencies like EUROPOL. We're basically them, but for cybercriminals and we give the optionality for people to expand on our forum.
We also have connections with Baphomet, ShinyHunters, and ShinyCorp and other actors.
We also have connections with Baphomet, ShinyHunters, and ShinyCorp and other actors.
How do you deal with impersonation and fake clones (.bf domains, fake mirrors, etc.)? For example, the way some external sources or even Wikipedia sometimes misrepresent or simplify who runs what and when?
To put it lightly: we destroy the everliving shit out of them, absolute obliteration. They could not handle us on their best day, their best day is long gone and these clones have gotten weaker and weaker with me around - they're not fit to lead BreachForums and it clearly shows.
You often sound very grateful and proud of your community, but communities are never perfect. Do you have examples (without naming anyone) of cases where members of your own community damaged its image, and how you handled that?
I am indeed very grateful, my community gave me my position. My members are my children. Children often make mistakes, do we punish them? Yes. Do we expel and remove them? Often not. My structure is to try and fix a problem as much as possible to make sure both sides of the argument are satisfied. That is the entire point, to make sure to find a middle point for both parties - attacking or defending.
How do you see the future of BreachForums on the clearnet, given all the attempts to seize domains, create mirrors, extend TLDs, and the ongoing cat-and-mouse game with authorities?
I've figured out how to avoid it mostly and how to be smart about it, the entire idea is to just make sure nothing stinks to the average viewer of the site. And it doesn't, unless you dig deeper and you'll see the network. I think people are too egotistical and they want to be presented like a peacock. My forum stands for preservation even with minor inconveniences.
Let's talk a bit about the "risks of the job." Do you sometimes have doubts or fears about the steps you take in the continuation of BreachForums, or have you mentally accepted the risk a long time ago?
FBI appeal targeting BreachForums operations and leaders
How did you personally perceive the arrest of r3tr0, who was an important creator and contributor to the forum? Beyond the public posts, what kind of person was he to you?
Definitely, he was really important to me and my staff members. He was nice to me but he was closer to my staff than to me and he was a decent developer. Despite this, I still feel sorrow for him having to leave us so early in this war but it is what it is. If anything, it proves how stable and powerful we are as a community to still handle such hits.
Same question for IntelBroker: as someone who was briefly owner of BreachForums and a very visible figure, how did his presence and then his departure affect the forum and you personally?
He was my best friend, I won't name everything we did but we did a lot together. IntelBroker's departure filled me with sadness, sadness turned onto anger and eventually here we are, fighting for a legacy and an eternal war that I declared. The enemy cannot and will not rest, that is our destiny. It hurts me to this day and it is why I even began in the first place and the fact all these people who were making fun of him back then when I was with him and hated him just as much as they hate me now fuelled me with hate for the enemy - a strategic hate that embodies the ideology of my new awakening of the forum.
I often think, same fate arises me if I was to ever get arrested - all my enemies acting as if they were best friends with me whilst my actual team like diencracked for example or Resolute are overshadowed. I would never want that.
I often think, same fate arises me if I was to ever get arrested - all my enemies acting as if they were best friends with me whilst my actual team like diencracked for example or Resolute are overshadowed. I would never want that.
Finally, on a lighter note: what kind of music do you usually listen to while working on BreachForums or dealing with all of this? Does it influence your mindset?
I listen to a variety of music depending on what I'm doing, it doesn't really influence me but it definitely is okay for a good atmosphere whilst I'm putting in the work. I like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles.
How does this new big partnership with the ransomware group Vect position BF compared to other forums in the field of cybercrime?
Vect will historically be known as the largest ransomware group in cybercrime history after the migration. BreachForums will contribute heavily due to its high userbase. They work well on par because their ideas align. TeamPCP, BreachForums, LAPSUS$ and Vect into one. Perhaps even more groups are to come, if they're interested.
If you want to add anything, a message to the community, or something I forgot to ask, feel free to do so.
I would like to thank my community for their support and resilience. BreachForums will continue to stand strong as long as we are united. Stay vigilant and never stop innovating.
Message officiel — HasanBroker
(Jeudi 19 mars 22:34)
In our beloved community, the breachers, took it upon themselves as the ultimate force of destruction on the internet - simple neccessity for destruction has grown to deep-rooted hatred, laziness, gluttony and envy between one another because everyone wants to be on top. I remember, a time, where it wasn't like that and the point of it was to evolve together.
DarkForums being down as opportunistic as they are, I don't find it to be good news for anyone and especially my forums who loves to try and allign itself with other high-functioning forums. Do I think DarkForums could be better? Yes. Do I think it should be more secure? Yes.
Cybersecurity researches, plotters and skids took it upon themselves to try and be the hero of a story that is fading on a daily basis - to try to act God which they have no right to do. Hypocrisy? Many say, would I be a hypocrite for stating such even though I was the sole distributor through action of destruction to the other clones of BreachForums?
No, I would not. The weak are never safe as long as the strong remain, as long as there is someone better - they should be on top. I with some humility in my heart want to say that I owe alot of my success to my team members but without a doubt would I say that I am one of the greatest leaders of Breached to this day. Self-awareness is neccessary.
With obstacles, with people doubting us and with people trying to actively take us down from entities to skids to threat actors. Everyone wanted us dead. We came out on top through all the obstacles and we will continue to be one of the largest internet forums in regards of what we do.
I sometime, look at other owners like Baphomet, ShinyCorp, IntelBroker and even to an extent pompompurin despite how immorale the individual is and think: what would they think of the progress we made?
What would these people think of how much we have progressed and what we endured from the doubts of the community that hated us to now loving us, from entities not being able to take us down forever and for the skids not to gain satisfaction of our destruction?
I think, they would say: "Bravo" to all the progress we have made, to our immense willpower, to our immense stability and our mostly our will to cooperate with one another. This is no longer a forum, BreachForums is no longer a forum from here onward and let it be known: the forum is but one family, one army and one solidarity.
The World will look down upon us, it will try to fight us with whatever they have - from the weak, the old and the aggreggators.
I don't know what the story figures but on top of our forum will enflame a pheonix like no other. This fire that holds within our people will ignite the whole internet on fire. There is nothing like BreachForums and there never will be no matter how much anyone else tries.
I took it upon myself to be the sacrifice neccessary in this time of need for the forum despite the risks, despite the fractions and to what I saw BreachForums: a another Rome in world history. I came to it, I solved it and now I am continuing it. People don't understand that I don't matter, I'm just a another figure and that is what also other people don't understand and think this was all created so I can be satisfied with a another reporter speaking my name or wishing death upon me because of what I've done.
We must fight, we must restore and we must try - just like I am. Not because we want to, in this time of great need, but because we must. For our forum, for our memories and for our gratitude.
For the people we love, for other forums that love us back, for the people that fight for us and for the people that want success, for the future generations of this forum and for the forums impression upon this world.
No more ridicule.