Overview
- Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty Wednesday to computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy and is scheduled for sentencing on Oct. 27.
- Court filings say that between February and October 2024 Moucka and co‑conspirators used stolen login credentials to access at least 165 customer environments on a U.S. cloud platform and download terabytes of data.
- Prosecutors say the theft exposed records for at least 100 million people, including call and text metadata, financial and payroll records, passport and driver’s license numbers, and social security numbers.
- The conspirators received over $2.5 million in ransom payments overall, Moucka personally obtained at least $495,000, and he re‑extorted at least one victim by threatening further disclosure of stolen data.
- U.S. authorities credit wide international cooperation under initiatives like Operation Riptide for the arrest and extradition work, though public accounts differ on whether Moucka was sent to the U.S. in March 2025 or July 2025.