Snowflake hacker pleads guilty, faces up to 32 years in prison

Between April and September 2024, Connor Riley Moucka and co-conspirators used stolen credentials to access Snowflake customer accounts, exfiltrated terabytes of sensitive data from over 165 organizations, and extorted victims for ransom payments totaling at least $2.5M; victims suffered over $9.5M in direct losses and personally identifiable information for approximately 100 million individuals was exposed.