Cameron John Weigenius, a former US soldier, pleaded guilty to attempting to hack the telecom company and force them by threatening to release stolen files, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
According to the DOJ, Wagenius, who came online under the nickname “Kiberphant0m,” stole his login credentials, conspired to use brute force attacks and other techniques to fraudulent ten victim companies, and used Telegram Group chat to forward stolen credentials and discussed the hack.
Wagenius and his co-conspirators have sought to force victims in personal and public places, including hacking forums such as the infamous violation forum. They have committed other scams, including selling some of the stolen data and using the stolen credentials to exchange SIM victims.
Earlier this year, Vagenius had already pleaded guilty to hacking AT&T and Verizon.
Wagenius’s sentence is scheduled for October 6th, and according to a press release, he faces 20 years in prison.
Hackers are linked to a series of hacks that stem from the huge snowflake violations of cloud computing services.
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