Canadian pleads guilty to Snowflake cloud data-theft attacks

By Ionut Ilascu

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A Canadian man pleaded guilty to breaching cloud storage provider Snowflake and stealing data from at least 165 organizations in an extortion scheme targeting millions of dollars in ransom. Connor Moucka, 26, of Ontario faces up to 32 years in prison after admitting to fraud, identity theft, and conspiracy charges stemming from the 2024 attack spree that obtained nearly $500,000 and remains one of the most widespread cloud breach campaigns on record.

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