US Charges Hackers in Massive Snowflake Data Breach

Connor Riley Moucka and John Erin Binns are accused of stealing 50 billion records from AT&T and other companies, demanding $2.5 million in ransom.

The hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Snowflake's cloud storage accounts, affecting over 165 organizations, including AT&T and Ticketmaster.
Prosecutors allege that the duo used info-stealing malware to obtain credentials and bypass multi-factor authentication.
The breach exposed sensitive data such as call logs, text metadata, and personal information like Social Security numbers and banking details.
Moucka was arrested in Canada, and Binns was detained in Turkey; both face multiple charges including computer fraud and identity theft.
Victims paid a total of $2.5 million in Bitcoin, with AT&T reportedly paying $370,000 to secure deletion of their compromised data.