A U.S. Army soldier was sentenced to 70 months in prison for helping steal and extort telecom data, including call and text metadata for more than 100 million AT&T customers. Prosecutors said Cameron Wagenius, aka Kiberphant0m, worked with others to access Snowflake customer environments that had exposed credentials and lacked multi-factor authentication, then extorted telecom victims including AT&T and Verizon's Push-to-Talk business. The case is tied to the wider 2024 Snowflake customer-account intrusions.
Why it matters: This confirms the scale and criminal fallout of the Snowflake-related breaches that hit major telecom data stores, affecting both companies and the public. Organizations using cloud data platforms should enforce multi-factor authentication, rotate credentials, and review whether exposed accounts or related customer data were accessed.
BrianKrebs
2026.09.25
100% relevant
This article establishes a distinct tracked story centered on the sentencing outcome for Cameron Wagenius and the Snowflake-linked extortion of telecom metadata, rather than a previously listed story about another victim or a separate Snowflake plea.
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