Impotent

Profile narrative

Impotent is an alias used by an administrator of the hacking forum known as Exposed. The actor is believed to be based in the United States of America. On May 29, 2023, Impotent leaked a database containing registration information from the former RaidForums platform. The leaked data consists of a single SQL file for the mybb_users table, which holds details for 478,870 RaidForums members. The table includes usernames, email addresses, hashed passwords, registration dates and other forum‑specific fields. The records cover accounts created between March 20, 2015 and September 24, 2020. Impotent stated that some entries were removed from the dump to avoid causing drama, leaving approximately ninety‑nine percent of the original lines.

Exposed was launched earlier in May 2023 as a successor to the Breached forum, which itself had emerged after the shutdown of RaidForums. RaidForums was seized in an international law‑enforcement operation in April 2022, leading to the arrest of its administrator Omnipotent and two accomplices. After RaidForums went offline, many users migrated to Breached, where they continued to trade stolen data. Breached ceased operations in March 2023 following the arrest of its founder Pompompurin by the FBI. The creation of Exposed aimed to fill the void left by Breached’s closure and quickly attracted former members of both communities. As an administrator of Exposed, Impotent had access to the leaked RaidForums database and chose to share it publicly.

Impotent told BleepingComputer that the data dump was not originally intended for public release but decided to leak it yesterday. While claiming to know the source of the dump, Impotent promised not to disclose any details about its origin. The leaked database has been confirmed by BleepingComputer and by members of the Exposed forum as authentic. Security researchers note that the information can help build profiles of individuals who once frequented RaidForums and may link them to other malicious activities. No further public actions or attributions have been tied to the Impotent alias beyond this disclosure.

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