Law enforcement pressure has also increased. In 2022, several private tracker domains were seized by the USDOJ. Another seizure in 2023 of a related CG forum led to user data being exposed.

A: That makes it worse. CGPersia blocks many VPN IPs, and logging in via VPN from a different country guarantees a ban.

The era of easily buying or finding a "cgpersia forum account hot" is ending. And honestly, that might be a good thing for the industry. Searching for "cgpersia forum account hot" is a gamble with terrible odds. For every one person who claims they got a working account, nine others lost $20 and downloaded a keylogger. The forum itself has become a honeypot for hackers selling old inventory.

If you are an aspiring 3D artist: focus on your portfolio, not on stolen logins. Use free alternatives, join open source communities, and support indie asset creators when you can. The few hours you save by using a "hot" account could cost you months of recovering your identity and files.