{"id":23194,"date":"2025-02-27T16:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=813662"},"modified":"2025-02-27T16:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:18:45","slug":"us-soldier-linked-to-att-hack-accused-of-contacting-spy-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/us-soldier-linked-to-att-hack-accused-of-contacting-spy-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"US Soldier Linked to AT&amp;T Hack Accused of Contacting Spy Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cyber-hacker-mouse-blacklight-Bloomberg-580x320.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cyber-hacker-mouse-blacklight-Bloomberg.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/national\/2025\/02\/27\/813662.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/national\/2025\/02\/27\/813662.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p class=\"bloomberg\">A 21-year-old US soldier accused of trying to sell AT&amp;T call records of Donald Trump\u2019s family members also attempted to pawn off sensitive data to a foreign intelligence organization, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Wagenius pleaded guilty earlier this year to unlawfully posting and transferring confidential AT&amp;T phone records, including of Kamala Harris and FBI informants. The US government has also accused him of attempting to extort AT&amp;T Inc., asking for $500,000 to delete those confidential records in November last year while on active duty with the US army, stationed at Fort Cavazos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-topics=\"cyber\" data-revive-companies=\"att\" data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>The records were stolen as part of a wider cyber campaign against Snowflake customers in the summer of 2024, which involved at least 10 organizations including Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and Advance Auto Parts Inc.<\/p>\n<p>According to a memorandum filed on Wednesday by the US government which asked a judge to keep Wagenius detained, the extortion was \u201conly a small part of Wagenius\u2019 malicious activity.\u201d In November \u2014 the same month he posted the AT&amp;T data for sale \u2014 Wagenius allegedly communicated with an email address he believed belonged to an unidentified country\u2019s military intelligence service in an attempt to sell stolen information, prosecutors allege. Days later, he Googled \u201ccan hacking be treason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/national\/2025\/01\/17\/808671.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI Warned Agents It Believes Phone Logs Hacked Last Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWagenius conducted online searches about how to defect to countries that do not extradite to the United States and that he previously attempted to sell hacked information to at least one foreign intelligence service,\u201d according to the memorandum.<\/p>\n<p>Wagenius also carried out Google searches about the Russian embassy in Washington, D.C and \u201cU.S. military personnel defecting to Russia,\u201d prosecutors added.<\/p>\n<p>Since his arrest, prosecutors have found evidence on Wagenius\u2019 devices indicating that he had access to thousands of stolen identification documents, including passports and driver\u2019s licenses, as well as access to large amounts of cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext-2\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"162\" data-revive-topics=\"cyber\" data-revive-companies=\"att\" data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>His co-conspirator, Connor Moucka, is expected to appear in an extradition hearing in Canada on Friday, on charges of stealing AT&amp;T and other Snowflake customer data.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: <em>Photographer: Andrey Rudakov\/Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"copyright-notice quiet\">Copyright 2025 Bloomberg.<\/div>\n<p class=\"tagtag\"> <span class=\"tagtag\">Topics<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/location\/usa\/\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-primary tagtag\">USA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/cyber\/\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-primary tagtag\">Cyber<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll\" data-post=\"813662\">\n<div class=\"article-poll-vote\">\n<p>Was this article valuable?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll-feedback voted-no\">\n<form class=\"feedback-form\">\n<p>Thank you! 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