Canadian pleads guilty to Snowflake cloud data-theft attacks
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Connor Riley Moucka, also known as Alexander Moucka and Waifu, pleaded guilty to participating in a cyberattack campaign that exploited weakly secured Snowflake cloud storage accounts to steal sensitive data from at least 165 organizations. Along with co-conspirator John Erin Binns, Moucka accessed accounts lacking multi-factor authentication using credentials obtained via infostealer malware, exfiltrated terabytes of data, and attempted to extort victims. The stolen data included personally identifiable information such as Social Security numbers, passport numbers, and financial records, affecting over 100 million individuals and resulting in over $9.5 million in losses. Moucka also engaged in re-extortion and sold stolen data on hacker forums, netting at least $2.5 million in bitcoin and $495,000 from data sales.
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