Europol coordinates a global crackdown on LeakBase, a cybercrime forum with 142,000+ users trading stolen data and hacking tools, triggering around 100 enforcement actions to disrupt cyber-enabled FC

The platform, active since 2021 with more than 142,000 registered users, hosted leaked databases, compromised credentials, and hacking tools widely used for fraud, identity theft, and other cyber-enabled crimes. In coordinated actions on 3–4 March 2026, authorities across several countries carried out around 100 enforcement measures, including arrests, house searches, and suspect interviews, while seizing the forum’s domains and data to identify additional offenders and disrupt the wider cybercrime ecosystem…