Overview
- Federal judges sentenced Cameron John Wagenius to 70 months in prison and ordered about $294,978 in restitution in a case tied to large-scale Snowflake and telecom data thefts.
- Prosecutors say Wagenius acted while on active duty using online aliases and a tool he helped develop called SSH Brute to harvest credentials and access cloud-hosted call and text metadata.
- Wagenius pleaded guilty in 2025 to charges including conspiracy, extortion related to computer fraud, and aggravated identity theft, and was tied to extortion attempts against more than 10 organizations.
- Court filings say Wagenius made roughly $1,500 from selling stolen data but attempted to sell material to a foreign intelligence service and sought information about defecting and prison escape while detained.
- Co-defendant Connor Moucka was extradited from Canada and pleaded guilty; another alleged co-conspirator, John Erin Binns, remains out of U.S. custody as authorities continue international coordination.