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Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions
<p>A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors of 2024 has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy to hack and extort more than 165 organizations that used the cloud data storage provider <strong>Snowflake</strong>. <strong>Connor Riley Moucka</strong>, of Kitchener, Ontario, also admitted to stealing call and text history records of
MITRE ATT&CK techniques
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- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/canadian-man-pleads-guilty-hacking-us-cloud-storage-provider-and-extorting-its-customersurl
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-soldier-pleads-guilty-hacking-and-extortion-scheme-involving-telecommunicationsurl
Original source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/08/canadian-man-pleads-guilty-in-snowflake-extortions/
Same event, other sources
- Canadian pleads guilty to Snowflake cloud data-theft attacksbleepingcomputer · 2026-08-05