Us Army Soldier Pleads Guilty To Hacking Telcos And Extortion

Former U.S. Army worker Cameron John Wagenius pleaded blameworthy to hacking telecommunication companies and attempting to extort them by threatening to merchandise stolen files, nan Department of Justice announced connected Tuesday.

According to nan DOJ, Wagenius, who went online pinch nan nickname “kiberphant0m,” conspired to defraud 10 unfortunate companies by stealing their login credentials, utilizing brute unit attacks and different techniques, and past utilized Telegram group chats to transportation nan stolen credentials and discusses hacks. 

Wagenius and his conspirators besides attempted to extort their victims successful backstage and successful public, including connected hacking forums specified arsenic nan notorious BreachForums. They sold immoderate of nan stolen information and besides utilized nan stolen credentials to perpetrate different frauds, including SIM swapping victims. 

Earlier this year, Wagenius had already pleaded guilty to hacking AT&T and Verizon, a breach that led to him stealing a monolithic magnitude of telephone records.  

Wagenius’ sentencing is scheduled for October 6, and he faces 20 years successful prison, according to nan property release. 

The hacker has been linked to a bid of hacks that originated from the breach of could computing services elephantine Snowflake.