Hacker pleads guilty to stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers
Canadian hacker Connor Moucka has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive cyberattack against cloud provider Snowflake, compromising data from over 165 companies. The breach resulted in the theft of billions of records and millions of dollars in ransom payments, leading to significant financial losses for victims.
Why it matters
This case highlights the severe vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure and the real-world impact of large-scale data breaches on both corporations and individual consumers.
Connor Moucka, a 26-year-old Canadian citizen, has pled guilty to hacking more than 165 companies, stealing billions of records, and extorting several companies and individuals.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the guilty plea in a press release.
Moucka was accused of hacking cloud provider Snowflake , which allowed him and his co-conspirators to break into dozens of the company’s customers , including AT&T , LendingTree , and Ticketmaster . Moucka stole data from more than 100 million AT&T customers, including call and texting records, as well as banking information, driver’s license numbers, and Social Security numbers from other breaches.
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