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U.S. Soldier Charged in AT&T Hack Searched “Can Hacking Be Treason”

Summary: Cameron John Wagenius, 21, a U.S. Army communications specialist stationed in South Korea who went by the nickname Kiberphant0m, pleaded guilty on Feb. 19 to two counts of unlawfully transferring confidential phone records tied to the Snowflake data thefts, including records for roughly 110 million AT&T customers. Prosecutors in Seattle said he searched online for non-extradition countries and 'can hacking be treason,' communicated with an email address he believed belonged to Country-1's military intelligence service, and privately demanded $500,000 from 'Victim-1.'

What's compelling: A serving U.S. soldier is alleged to have extorted AT&T over records covering nearly all of its customers while searching how to defect - and investigators found a screenshot suggesting he held over 17,000 identity documents from breach victims.

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Identity & Access Management
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