Canadian national Connor Riley Moucka has pleaded guilty to orchestrating massive cyberattacks against 165 Snowflake customers and stealing sensitive call records from over 100 million AT&T customers.

Key Points

• Connor Riley Moucka, 26, admitted to computer fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy charges involving the theft of terabytes of sensitive data.
• The hackers exploited Snowflake accounts that lacked multi-factor authentication to extort major corporations like Ticketmaster and Neiman Marcus.
• Moucka and his co-conspirators collected over $2.5 million in ransom payments by threatening to publish stolen personal and financial information.
• U.S. Army soldier Cameron Wagenius, a co-conspirator, pleaded guilty to extorting telecommunications providers and faces sentencing in September 2026.
• Alleged co-conspirator John Erin Binns remains at large in Turkey, where he reportedly obtained citizenship to avoid extradition to the United States.

Why it Matters

These breaches highlight the critical vulnerability of cloud-based infrastructure when organizations fail to enforce basic security protocols like multi-factor authentication. The case underscores the severe real-world consequences of large-scale data theft, including the exposure of government officials and the potential for ongoing re-extortion of victims.