- An US Army soldier faces charges linked to snowflake hack
- The defendant faces $ 500,000 in fines and 20 years after bars
- The soldier intends to declare himself guilty of all charges
An American army soldier accused of two positions of illegally transferring confidential telephone records has said he intends to declare himself guilty.
The soldier tried to “sell intentionally and intentionally transferred, and try to sell and transfer confidential telephone records,” US prosecutors said. [PDF].
Cameron John Wagenius, the defendant, informed a federal court in Seattle about his plea after his arrest in January 2025. Prosecutors have also found links between Wagenius attacks against AT&T and Verizon, with the snowflake trick of 2024 that saw more than 150 accounts committed.
Up to 10 years in prison
Wagenius faces a fine of up to $ 250,000 and a maximum prison sentence of 10 years for each of the two positions, according to documents presented by its lawyer. The participation of Wagenius in the snowflake hacks, together with Connor Moucka and John Binns, was confirmed by prosecutors in January, who linked the methods used the AT&T attacks and Verizon to the infractions of the snowfront account account.
The fiscal prosecutor Tessa Gorman said that the infractions “arise from the same computer intrusion and extortion and include part of the same information as stolen victims.” The attack against the snowflow was one of the worst cyber attacks of 2024, with corporate accounts linked to AT&T, Santander and Ticketmaster committed, with Moucka and Binns, according to reports, winning more than $ 2 million through extortion.
In the underground world, Wagenius used the pseudonym ‘Kiberphant0m’, the same alias that threatened to filter those sensitive to the US government. Uu. Call the trunks when one of his conspirators in the snowfold attack was arrested.
Kiberphant0m demanded communications with AT&T, writing in a dark web forum that, “in the event that you do not communicate with us, [AT&T]All presidential government call records will be filtered. Don’t you think we have no plans in case of arrest? Think again. “
Moucka, who was arrested in Canada, and Binns, who was arrested in Turkey, is waiting for extradition to the United States, where they face 20 positions of several crimes, including conspiracy, fraud and computer abuse, cable fraud and cable fraud and the theft of aggravated identity.
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