Note

The June 2026 Dark Web Issue Trend Report summarizes major issues that occurred on the deep web and dark web. Due to the nature of the sources, it is sometimes difficult to fully verify the accuracy of certain information, and this is noted accordingly.

Major Issue

• On Hasan’s BreachForums, there was a series of developments: the return of former operator diencracked, the public disclosure of internal conflicts with HasanBroker, diencracked’s announcement of retirement, and indications of a transfer of ownership to L. This has raised concerns about the stability of the forum’s governance structure.
• An attempt to sell a clone forum claiming to be the original, now-defunct BreachForums was confirmed. There were indications that this clone was being sold for $3,000 in cryptocurrency, and it was advertised as including the source code, the entire database, PGP keys, Onion domains, CDN infrastructure, a Telegram channel, bulletproof servers, and operational tools.
• Subsequently, unlivid and Nullified—believed to be the clone’s operators—stated that the official BreachForums no longer exists and admitted that they had been impersonating ShinyHunters, the actual BreachForums operators, and PGP keys. Furthermore, this incident was summarized as a case that brought to the forefront the issues of clones and impersonation surrounding the BreachForums name.
• DarkForums reacquired its original domain and returned, but subsequently unveiled a different domain, and additional evidence of domain suspension was confirmed. Concerns were raised regarding the possibility of the XSS forum’s domain being suspended.
• On DaMaGeLiB, key administrator gliderexpert went offline, causing the forum, file-sharing service, and Git server to go offline. The administrators announced they would rebuild DaMaGeLiB 2.0, Accepting the loss of approximately one year’s worth of activity logs.
• A new cybercrime forum, BlackForums, has emerged, and a new forum using the name RAIDForums has also been identified. Additionally, advertisements for Spear, the status of dark web and clearnet links on Servers Guru, and evidence of the permanent ban of moderator Vinki on the ReHub forum were observed.

Conclusion

This month’s dark web trends were marked by the management shakeup, clones, and impersonation issues surrounding BreachForums, alongside domain instability at major forums such as DarkForums and XSS. At the same time, forums reusing the names “BlackForums” and “RAIDForums” emerged, confirming the resilience of the dark web ecosystem, where new platforms spring up quickly even when existing ones are shaken.