Snowflake extortionist admits 165-victim cloud crime spree – and squeezing one target twice
The DOJ still doesn't name the company, but the allegations match the 2024 campaign against Snowflake customers that ensnared the likes of Ticketmaster, Santander, AT&T, and dozens of others. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); In a plea agreement seen by The Register, Moucka admitted developing software that automatically searched compromised cloud environments for valuable information. He and his co-conspirators used it to identify lucrative targets and steal terabytes of banking records, payroll data, passport and driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers, DEA registration numbers, and other sensitive information.
- ▪The DOJ still doesn't name the company, but the allegations match the 2024 campaign against Snowflake customers that ensnared the likes of Ticketmaster, Santander, AT&T, and dozens of others.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); In a plea agreement seen by The Register, Moucka admitted developing software that automatically searched compromised cloud environments for
- ▪He and his co-conspirators used it to identify lucrative targets and steal terabytes of banking records, payroll data, passport and driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers, DEA registration numbers, and other sensitive information
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