Canadian man pleads guilty to hacking US cloud storage provider
( August 5, 2026, 20:05 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice announced that Canadian resident Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty to a widespread computer hacking conspiracy that resulted in the compromise of more than 165 victim organizations, the theft of billions of sensitive customer records and the extortion of numerous victims. According to court documents, between February and October 2024, Moucka and his co-conspirators used stolen login credentials to compromise cloud-hosted data belonging to at least 165 customers of a US-based company. Full statement follows:...
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