Cameron John Wagenius has admitted guilt in a case involving the hacking of AT&T and Verizon, where he unlawfully acquired a substantial amount of sensitive phone records from these companies, as per court documents submitted on Wednesday.
The former U.S. Army soldier entered a guilty plea to two charges of “unlawful transfer of confidential phone records information” conducted through an online forum and a digital communication platform. As outlined in a filing from Wagenius’ counsel, he could face a maximum penalty of $250,000 in fines and up to ten years in prison for each charge.
Arrested and indicted last year, Wagenius’ case was further connected to the indictments of Connor Moucka and John Binns. These two suspected hackers are accused by the U.S. government of executing multiple data breaches against Snowflake, a cloud computing services firm, which were among the most significant cybersecurity incidents of 2024.
In a recent court statement, U.S. attorney Tessa Gorman asserted that both the breaches at AT&T and Verizon stemmed from the same computer intrusion and extortion activities, involving some of the same stolen personal information. Furthermore, she noted that “these cases rely on overlapping evidentiary material and legal processes and arguably present common questions of law and fact,” indicating Wagenius’s involvement in the Snowflake breaches.
By infiltrating Snowflake’s systems, the hackers managed to exfiltrate vast amounts of data from numerous companies, including AT&T, LendingTree, Santander Bank, Ticketmaster, and at least 160 additional organizations.
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