US Military soldier pleads responsible to hacking telcos and extortion

Former U.S. Military soldier Cameron John Wagenius pleaded responsible to hacking telecommunication firms and making an attempt to extort them by threatening to launch stolen information, the Division of Justice introduced on Tuesday.

In line with the DOJ, Wagenius, who went on-line with the nickname “kiberphant0m,” conspired to defraud 10 sufferer firms by stealing their login credentials, utilizing brute power assaults and different strategies, after which used Telegram group chats to switch the stolen credentials and discusses hacks. 

Wagenius and his conspirators additionally tried to extort their victims in non-public and in public, together with on hacking boards such because the infamous BreachForums. They bought a number of the stolen knowledge and in addition used the stolen credentials to commit different frauds, together with SIM swapping victims. 

Earlier this yr, Wagenius had already pleaded responsible to hacking AT&T and Verizon, a breach that led to him stealing a large quantity of name information.  

Wagenius’ sentencing is scheduled for October 6, and he faces 20 years in jail, in line with the press launch. 

The hacker has been linked to a collection of hacks that originated from the breach of may computing companies big Snowflake.