05/11/2024
Canadian Man Arrested in Snowflake Data Extortion.
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A 26-year-old man in Ontario, Canada has been arrested for allegedly stealing
data from and extorting more than 160 companies that used the cloud data
service Snowflake.
On October 30, Canadian authorities arrested Alexander Moucka, a.k.a. Connor
Riley Moucka of Kitchener, Ontario, on a provisional arrest warrant from the
United States. Bloomberg first reported Moucka's alleged ties to the Snowflake
hacks on Monday.
At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many large companies had
uploaded huge volumes of sensitive customer data to Snowflake accounts that
were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor
authentication required). After scouring darknet markets for stolen Snowflake
account credentials, the hackers began raiding the data storage repositories
used by some of the world’s largest corporations.
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November 5, 2024 5 Comments A 26-year-old man in Ontario, Canada has been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting more than 160 companies that used the cloud data service Snowflake. Image: https://www.pomerium.com/blog/the-real-lessons-from-the-snowflake-breach On October 30, Canadia...