The Old Forum Died Friday. We Already Found Where They Went.
What the XSS shutdown and the BreachForums compromise did to the underground — and why spotting the successor early is a skill, not a feed.
August 12, 2025 |
By the EPCYBER Intelligence Team
The past weeks have been turbulent for the underground scene. XSS — one of the long-standing forums — shut down unexpectedly (with a resurfaced onion link). BreachForums, already operating under pressure, suffered a compromise that shook its user base. And now a new forum has quietly emerged in early August, attempting to pull in members from the fallout.
Below, we get into what the XSS shutdown and the BreachForums compromise did to the underground — and how to spot the successor before everyone else does.
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