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Russian authorities arrested the alleged administrator of the cybercrime forum LeakBase. LeakBase had been dismantled earlier in the month of March 2026 by the FBI and Europol as it was one of the largest cybercrime forums online. The alleged administrator went by the online handle ‘Chucky’ and a spokesperson for EUROPOL stated, ‘We don’t cooperate with Russian authorities and were not involved in the reported arrest.’