Canadian Hacker Pleads Guilty — Stole Data of Over 100 Million AT&T Customers

A 26-year-old Canadian man named Connor Riley Moucka has pleaded guilty in a US court for breaching customer accounts at cloud giant Snowflake in 2024. Key takeaways: • Breached over 165 organizations using only stolen credentials because the accounts did not have 2FA enabled • Stole call and text message records of over 100 million AT&T customers • Victims include Ticketmaster, Neiman Marcus, and LendingTree • Received over $2.5 million in ransom — faces up to 30 years in prison [Insight: This major breach did not involve sophisticated techniques; it simply used leaked passwords. Please enable 2FA on all important accounts today.]