Cracked Forum Back After FBI Raid

After a major FBI raid in January 2025, one of the world’s most popular hacker sites, Cracked, has resumed operations at a new address. The administration announces that all data has been saved, a new leader has appeared, and the forums are once again filled with millions of posts.

The Cracked[.]io platform, which was previously suspended as part of the international “Talent” operation, is back up and running — now at Cracked[.]sh. A team of administrators, led by a new user @Liars, announced the return to life, citing a backup copy from January 25.

The statement dated April 11, 2025, states that the servers were encrypted, which means the FBI did not have access to users’ posts, passwords, and correspondence. The administrators also noted that “security measures have been taken,” but that there is no complete protection in clearweb. Users who purchased something between January 25 and 29 can contact @Liars with proof — they promise to return the credits. The forum currently has 4.7 million accounts, 1 million threads and over 36 million posts. It was also announced that the new payment system will be active within a week.

1. On January 29, 2025, the FBI simultaneously shut down four major darknet platforms — Cracked, Nulled, MySellIX and StarkRDP — as part of Operation “Talent”. Cracked and Nulled had a combined 9 million users, trading in database leaks, stolen logins, botnets, hacking tools and phishing kits.
2. MySellIX was used for payment processing, StarkRDP for hosting. Similar forums, such as BreachForums, have repeatedly returned after raids: for example, after the arrest of the founder Pompompurin in 2023 and the chaos with ShinyHunters.

The return of Cracked confirms an old truth: the darknet exists according to the laws of the underground Internet, where the removal of a server is not a sentence. Successful restoration from a backup copy, statements of “invincibility” and the quick return of users – all this shows that even after the most high-profile raids, cybercrime quickly adapts. Instead of a victory for the FBI – a new round in an endless confrontation.