CANADIAN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HACKING US CLOUD STORAGE PROVIDER AND EXTORTING ITS CUSTOMERS FOR MILLIONS

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Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges after using stolen credentials to breach over 165 SaaS customers between February and October 2024. The campaign compromised billions of records across more than 100 million individuals and caused roughly $9.5 million in corporate damages. Moucka successfully extorted over $2.5 million from his victims and now faces up to 30 years in federal prison at his upcoming October sentencing.