A Canadian hacker has admitted being part of a group responsible for several major cyberattacks. Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty to being part of a coterie of hackers that hit 165 organizations, resulting in the theft of customer records and the extortion of millions of dollars.
Industry sources have identified Moucka as one of the main players in attacks on data hosted by cloud data warehouse Snowflake. Companies affected by the hacks include the likes of AT&T, Ticketmaster and the Neiman Marcus Group.
He worked with two other hackers: John Edward Binns and Cameron John Wagenius. Binns was not in US custody as of April 2026, while Wagenius, going by the name of Kiberphant0m, was arrested...