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Re:RaidForums gets raided, alleged admin arrested by thrownaway89865 on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:04PM (#31008219)
What are the legal implications of having registered on this forum once with a personal email account but not having ever engaged in any transaction or downloading any leaked data, just lurking a few threads of nothing interesting at most.

Asking for a friend, of course...

Re:RaidForums gets raided, alleged admin arrested by jacquesm on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:31PM (#31008456)
Your name will end up on a list.

Such lists can be queried by those that are properly connected, typically LE/three (and in some countries four) letter agencies if your name ever turns up in some other context and then it might be given some weight, but other than that I wouldn't expect anything to come of it assuming that you are telling the truth. Such inter-service requests for information on particular individuals are pretty regular but someone first has to ask for you by name, and in a country with proper privacy protections typically a judge would have to sign off on such a broad request, but these mechanisms are not always perfect.

Reading threads isn't a crime, but hanging out in places where lots of criminals hang out doesn't help you in the association department.

Re:RaidForums gets raided, alleged admin arrested by dannyw on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @12:55AM (#31011322)
Unless you have some reason to be there, eg negotiating with someone who hacked your service.
Re:RaidForums gets raided, alleged admin arrested by ianhawes on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:35PM (#31008503)
Hard to say, but rest assured that countless "white hat" infosec companies have also signed up and probably purchased stolen databases in furtherance of their own business activities.