Forum Topic - Flare

The forum_topic type represents a forum discussion thread, capturing its title, author, creation date, and source platform.
Each record corresponds to a thread-level post, distinct from individual replies (forum_post).
Forum topics are often technical discussions, tutorials, leak announcements, or tool releases shared by actors on underground or gray-hat forums.

Example Content

{
  "id": "example-id-1628778",
  "title": "[Tutorial] Mobile Game Crack – Angry Birds Match 3 (Android)",
  "url": "http://hiddenforumexample.onion/thread-1628778-1-1.html",
  "browser_url": null,
  "actor": "ByteWing",
  "actor_id": "user-874154",
  "actor_name": "ByteWing",
  "category_id": "65",
  "category_name": "[Mobile Security Zone]",
  "category_path_name": null,
  "content": "Forum topic posted by underground user 'ByteWing' describing methods for modifying mobile game binaries. The thread explains the use of patched APKs and custom scripts to bypass license verification and in-app purchase checks. While framed as an educational post, the content includes step-by-step details and links to modified game builds (links redacted). Community replies discuss anti-tamper protections and note that the author may use these techniques in broader Android cracking operations. The post’s tone and context align with known behavior of low-tier mobile modding groups active on clear and dark web forums.",
  "title_en": "[Tutorial] Angry Birds Match 3 Android Game – Reverse Engineering Guide",
  "posted_at": "2022-04-27T21:46:00+00:00",
  "tags": ["android", "reverse-engineering", "apk", "tutorial", "darkweb"],
  "profile_id": null,
  "first_post_preview": "User post includes a step-by-step 'how-to' for unpacking and modifying Android game binaries.",
  "posts": [],
  "duplicates": [],
  "header": {
    "actor": "ByteWing",
    "actor_id": "user-874154",
    "category_name": "[Mobile Security Zone]",
    "content_hash": "hashvalue123xyz",
    "content_preview": "Underground tutorial post showing mobile APK cracking process for an Android puzzle game.",
    "country": null,
    "duplicates": [],
    "es_score": 1.0,
    "expiration": null,
    "highlights": {},
    "host": null,
    "id": "example-id-1628778",
    "infection_date": null,
    "parent_id": null,
    "parent_title": null,
    "parent_title_en": null,
    "parent_uid": null,
    "parent_uids": [],
    "risk": { "score": 2 },
    "similar_items_count": 0,
    "source": "darkweb_forum",
    "source_name": "DarkWeb Forum",
    "target_name": "DarkWeb Forum",
    "tags": ["darkweb", "apk", "reverse-engineering", "tutorial"],
    "notes": null,
    "state_code": null,
    "timestamp": "2022-04-27T21:46:00+00:00",
    "title": "[Tutorial] Mobile Game Crack – Angry Birds Match 3 (Android)",
    "type": "forum_topic",
    "uid": "forum_topic/darkweb_forum/example-id-1628778",
    "user_risk_score": null,
    "user_notes": null,
    "ignored_at": null,
    "remediated_at": null,
    "verb": "posted",
    "external_url": null,
    "external_netloc": null,
    "can_have_duplicates": true,
    "priority_action_uuid_related": false,
    "victim_name": null,
    "contains_secrets": null,
    "secrets_metadata": null
  },
  "history_logs": null,
  "metadata": {
    "estimated_created_at": "2022-04-27T21:46:00+00:00",
    "event_id": null,
    "first_crawled_at": "2025-10-26T06:06:24.944152+00:00",
    "last_crawled_at": "2025-10-26T06:06:24.944152+00:00",
    "payload_digest": "hashvalue123xyz",
    "scraped_at": "2025-10-26T06:06:34.643500+00:00",
    "source": "darkweb_forum",
    "crawled_by": null,
    "flare_url": "https://app.flare.io/#/forum_topic/darkweb_forum/example-id-1628778"
  },
  "similar_items": []
}

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