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August 06, 2026 at 06:04 UTC
Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty Over Breaches Affecting at Least 100 Million People
By [email protected] (The Hacker News)
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Connor Riley Moucka, 26, of Kitchener, Ontario pleaded guilty in Seattle federal court to computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy stemming from the 2024 Snowflake customer account breaches. The intrusions compromised at least 165 organizations, exposed records of 100 million+ people, and netted Moucka personally at least $495,000. This guilty plea closes a major chapter in one of the largest cloud data breach campaigns on record.
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