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Ex-soldier's telecom hacking spree earns him 70 months

ID: b28c35b5-d6a4-5147-b9a8-0558a9e92c17

STIX ID: report--b28c35b5-d6a4-5147-b9a8-0558a9e92c17

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-09-28

Date Updated: 2026-09-29

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A former US Army soldier, Cameron John Wagenius, carried out a multi-month campaign (Apr 2023–Dec 2024) targeting at least ten telecommunications and other organizations to harvest credentials, exfiltrate hundreds of thousands of customer records, sell data on forums (XSS, BreachForums, Telegram) and attempt extortion totaling at least $1M; he pleaded guilty, was linked to the 2024 Snowflake extortion incidents, and was sentenced to 70 months in prison with nearly $295K restitution.

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