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Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty Over Breaches Affecting at Least 100 Million People
['The Hacker News', 'Swati Khandelwal', 'Aug']
The Hacker News
Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty in Seattle federal court on Wednesday to computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and a related conspiracy over the 2024 breaches of Snowflake customer accounts.
The intrusions reached at least 165 organizations and exposed records belonging to at least 100 million people.
Moucka also re-extorted at least one victim, prosecutors said, threatening further disclosure using the stolen data of a government officer and members of a then-former government officer's immediate family.
Victim companies suffered more than $9.5 million in actual losses, a figure that excludes losses to their own customers.
Snowflake has enforced MFA by default for human users on accounts created since October 2024, but password-only sign-ins are not gone.