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September 25, 2026 at 21:44 UTC
U.S. Soldier Gets 70 Months in Prison for AT&T, Verizon Extortions
By BrianKrebs
AI Summary
U.S. Army soldier Cameron Wagenius was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution for hacking AT&T, Verizon, Snowflake, and other major telecom companies while on active duty in 2024. The breach exposed mobile call and text metadata for more than 100 million AT&T customers. This case is significant for security practitioners as it underscores insider threat risks within cleared personnel and the scale of damage a single actor can inflict on critical telecom infrastructure.
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