Ex-US soldier who Googled 'can hacking be treason' pleads guilty to extortion
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A former US Army soldier pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack telecom providers between April 2023 and December 2024 using SSH brute-forcing and stolen credentials to steal and sell call records (including those of public officials), extort victims for at least $1 million, and fund related scams such as SIM swapping; court documents also link him to thefts of Snowflake accounts and attempts to contact foreign intelligence.
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