- A US Army Soldier faces charges attached to Snowflake -Hacked
- The defendants are facing $ 500,000 in fines and 20 years behind bars
- The soldier intends to invoke all charges
An American army soldier accused of two counts of illegally transferring confidential telephone registers has said he intends to plead guilty.
The soldier tried to “deliberately and intentionally sell and transfer and try to sell and transfer, confidential telephone registers,” US prosecutors said [PDF].
Cameron John Wagenius, the defendant, informed a federal court in Seattle about his plea on Wednesday after his arrest in January 2025. Prosecutors also found connections between Wagenius’ attack against AT&T and Verizon, with 2024 Snowflake Hack, which saw up to 150 accounts compromised .
Up to 10 years in prison
Wagenius is facing a fine of up to $ 250,000 and a maximum prison sentence of 10 years for each of the two counts, according to documents filed by his lawyer. Wagenius’ commitment to Snowflake Hacks along with Connor Moucka and John Binns were confirmed by prosecutors in January, which used methods used by AT&T and Verizon attacks for snowflake violations.
US lawyer Tessa Gorman said the violations “derive from the same computer penetration and extortion and include some of the same stolen victim information.” The attack against Snowflake was among the worst cyberattacks in 2024, with corporate accounts associated with AT&T, Santander and Ticketmaster compromised, with Moucka and Binns, which allegedly earned up to $ 2 million through extortion.
In the underground world, Wagenius used the pseudonym ‘Kiberphant0m’ the same alias that threatened to leak sensitive US government’s call logs when one of his co-conspirators in the snowflake attack was arrested.
Kiberphant0m demanded comms with AT&T and wrote on a dark web forum that “In case you don’t reach out to us, [AT&T]All of the President’s call logs will be leaked. Don’t you think we don’t have plans in case of arrest? Think again. “
Mooucka, who was arrested in Canada, and Binns, who were arrested in Turkey, both await extradition to the United States, where they face 20 counts of various crimes, including conspiracy, computer fraud and abuse, wire fraud and worsened identity theft.
Via Thereists
