ShinyHunters Claim BreachForums V5 Control and Threaten to Leak Backups
Summary
ShinyHunters claim they operated BreachForums version 5 after the FBI seizure and threaten to leak its backups, including messages, emails, IP addresses, and posts. The claims are unconfirmed.
Key points
- ShinyHunters claim they operated BreachForums version 5 after the FBI seized the forum in October 2025.
- The group says an unauthorized leak occurred on January 9, 2026.
- ShinyHunters threaten to leak forum backups, including private messages, emails, IP addresses, and posts.
- The group claims it has exploits for all MyBB 1.8 versions.
- The claims are attributed to ShinyHunters and monitored by ransomware.live; the article says their accuracy could not be confirmed.
Article Details
- Victim
- BreachForums version 5
- Encryption Status
- Unknown
- Encrypted Size
- Unknown
- Exfiltration Status
- The group claims an unauthorized leak occurred on 2026-01-09, but this is unverified; it also threatens a future leak.
- Exfiltrated Data
- The group threatens to leak BF backups containing private messages, emails, IP addresses, and posts. The article does not establish what data, if any, was actually exfiltrated.
- Exfiltrated Size
- Unknown
- Leak Status
- ShinyHunters claims an unauthorized leak occurred on 2026-01-09 and threatens to leak all BF backups if the forums continue. Neither the prior leak nor the threatened data's authenticity is confirmed.