Europol and FBI dismantle LeakBase cybercrime forum in March 2026 multinational operation

In an international operation on March 3 and 4, law enforcement agencies led by the FBI and Europol dismantled LeakBase, a cybercrime forum with more than 142,000 registered members and over 215,000 messages. Authorities in 14 countries seized user accounts, payment details and IP logs, issued prevention notices and replaced the site with seizure banners. LeakBase's predecessor Raidforums, which was shut down in 2022, had previously hosted leaked personal data of roughly 272,000 users of Ledger's crypto wallet service.