RaidForums leak: Details of nearly half-a-million hackers posted online

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RaidForums leak: Details of nearly half-a-million RaidForums users posted online
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RaidForums leak: Details of nearly half-a-million RaidForums users posted online

RaidForums admin and two of his collaborators were arrested last year as part of Operation TOURNIQUET

A database containing personal information of around 478,000 users of black hat hacking forum RaidForums has leaked online, nearly a year after the US Department of Justice announced the shutdown o...

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