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FBI and Europol shut down LeakBase hacking forum.

LeakBase had more than 142,000 members and a database containing “hundreds of millions” of stolen account credentials, according to the DOJ. US law enforcement worked with Europol to seize LeakBase’s data and take over two of its domains.

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