The computer attack which jeopardized data from the Ministry of the Interior did not only have the effect of exposing its flaws. It also constitutes a new twist in the internal struggles that have agitated the hacker community for years. Against the backdrop of the battle to control one of the main online supermarkets of stolen data: BreachForums.
On December 13, an Internet user, under the nickname “Indra“, published the announcement of the attack on this site, as an administrator. BreachForums, BF for regulars, is a famous platform where cybercriminals sell the data obtained through their misdeeds. Registration is free, the site is easy to access. Once purchased, this data can be exploited for scams, phishing or identity theft.
In addition to revealing the computer flaw, Indra has another objective: to prove that BF, which he administers, is not a “honey pot”, that is to say a lure set up by the French and American police services, designed to trap its users. “To prove to our community that we
